The Ghost Sonata Quizzes

The Ghost Sonata Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?
Henrik Ibsen

August Strindberg

Tennessee Williams

William Shakespeare
2 What was Strindberg's home country?
Sweden

Denmark

Norway

Germany
3 Which of the following is not a Strindberg play?
A Dream Play

Miss Julie

Easter

A Doll's House
4 Which composer's work is the title taken from?
Dvorak

Wagner

Beethoven

Mozart
5 What kind of play is The Ghost Sonata?
A chamber play

A kitchen sink drama

A satire

A family drama
6 When was the play written?
1908

1907

1900

1905
7 Where was it first produced?
The Swedish Theatre

The Intimate Theatre

The Strindberg Theatre

The National Theatre
8 Where does the play take place?
Berlin

Gothenburg

Hamburg

Stockholm
9 Which painting is featured in the play?
The Scream

Playing in the Waves

The Mona Lisa

Island of the Dead
10 Who painted it?
Caravaggio

Arnold Bocklin

Sandro Botticelli

Edvard Munch
11 When was Strindberg born?
1849

1842

1855

1872
12 What literary movement is the play part of?
Restoration

Modernism

Postmodernism

Realism
13 Which room is on the right side?
The Round Room

The Drawing Room

The Red Room

The Hyacinth Room
14 What is the central piece in the Round Room?
A large potted plant

A white marble statue

A bust of the king of Sweden

A grand piano
15 Who is depicted in the statue?
The Colonel

The Girl

The Colonel's wife

The Student
16 Who is sitting outside the house at the start of the play?
The Student

The Mummy

The Old Man

The Girl
17 What is the Old Man doing at the beginning?
Begging for money

Painting the house

Reading a newspaper

Talking to himself
18 Who does the Student ask to help him at the water fountain?
The Caretaker's Wife

The Old Man

The Girl

The Milkmaid
19 Why is the Student underslept?
He had nightmares

He was courting a young woman

He helped people after the collapse of a house

He was at working the night shift at the prison
20 What is the Student's last name?
Arkenholtz

Ibsen

Hummel

Strindberg
21 How does the Old Man know the Student?
He was his teacher in grade school

He is his uncle

He is the person who bankrupted the Student's father

He is the Student's father
22 How much money does the Old Man say that the Student's father took from him?
17,000 crowns

12,000 crowns

18,000 crowns

15,000 crowns
23 What is the Old Man's last name?
Arkenholtz

Hummel

Weber

Adell
24 What is the Student studying?
Law

Medicine

Mathematics

Language
25 What is playing at the opera?
Valkyrie

Aida

L'Elisir d'Amor

Le Nozze di Figaro

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