The Ghost Sonata Quizzes

The Ghost Sonata Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?

August Strindberg

Henrik Ibsen

William Shakespeare

Tennessee Williams
2 What was Strindberg's home country?

Germany

Sweden

Norway

Denmark
3 Which of the following is not a Strindberg play?

A Doll's House

Miss Julie

Easter

A Dream Play
4 Which composer's work is the title taken from?

Mozart

Dvorak

Wagner

Beethoven
5 What kind of play is The Ghost Sonata?

A chamber play

A satire

A kitchen sink drama

A family drama
6 When was the play written?

1907

1900

1908

1905
7 Where was it first produced?

The Intimate Theatre

The Strindberg Theatre

The Swedish Theatre

The National Theatre
8 Where does the play take place?

Hamburg

Stockholm

Gothenburg

Berlin
9 Which painting is featured in the play?

Island of the Dead

Playing in the Waves

The Mona Lisa

The Scream
10 Who painted it?

Edvard Munch

Sandro Botticelli

Caravaggio

Arnold Bocklin
11 When was Strindberg born?

1855

1849

1872

1842
12 What literary movement is the play part of?

Modernism

Restoration

Realism

Postmodernism
13 Which room is on the right side?

The Round Room

The Drawing Room

The Hyacinth Room

The Red Room
14 What is the central piece in the Round Room?

A white marble statue

A grand piano

A bust of the king of Sweden

A large potted plant
15 Who is depicted in the statue?

The Student

The Colonel

The Colonel's wife

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

The Mummy

The Student

The Girl

The Old Man
17 What is the Old Man doing at the beginning?

Begging for money

Talking to himself

Reading a newspaper

Painting the house
18 Who does the Student ask to help him at the water fountain?

The Girl

The Milkmaid

The Old Man

The Caretaker's Wife
19 Why is the Student underslept?

He was at working the night shift at the prison

He had nightmares

He helped people after the collapse of a house

He was courting a young woman
20 What is the Student's last name?

Hummel

Arkenholtz

Strindberg

Ibsen
21 How does the Old Man know the Student?

He was his teacher in grade school

He is the Student's father

He is the person who bankrupted the Student's father

He is his uncle
22 How much money does the Old Man say that the Student's father took from him?

12,000 crowns

18,000 crowns

15,000 crowns

17,000 crowns
23 What is the Old Man's last name?

Adell

Weber

Arkenholtz

Hummel
24 What is the Student studying?

Mathematics

Language

Law

Medicine
25 What is playing at the opera?

Le Nozze di Figaro

Valkyrie

Aida

L'Elisir d'Amor

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