The Ghost Sonata Quizzes

The Ghost Sonata Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?
Tennessee Williams

Henrik Ibsen

August Strindberg

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

Germany

Norway

Sweden
3 Which of the following is not a Strindberg play?
Easter

A Dream Play

Miss Julie

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

Dvorak

Beethoven

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

A family drama

A kitchen sink drama

A satire
6 When was the play written?
1908

1907

1905

1900
7 Where was it first produced?
The Intimate Theatre

The National Theatre

The Swedish Theatre

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

Gothenburg

Hamburg

Stockholm
9 Which painting is featured in the play?
Playing in the Waves

Island of the Dead

The Mona Lisa

The Scream
10 Who painted it?
Edvard Munch

Sandro Botticelli

Caravaggio

Arnold Bocklin
11 When was Strindberg born?
1849

1872

1855

1842
12 What literary movement is the play part of?
Modernism

Postmodernism

Restoration

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

The Red Room

The Drawing Room

The Round Room
14 What is the central piece in the Round Room?
A grand piano

A white marble statue

A bust of the king of Sweden

A large potted plant
15 Who is depicted in the statue?
The Colonel's wife

The Colonel

The Student

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

The Old Man

The Girl

The Student
17 What is the Old Man doing at the beginning?
Reading a newspaper

Painting the house

Talking to himself

Begging for money
18 Who does the Student ask to help him at the water fountain?
The Milkmaid

The Caretaker's Wife

The Old Man

The Girl
19 Why is the Student underslept?
He was at working the night shift at the prison

He helped people after the collapse of a house

He had nightmares

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

Ibsen

Arkenholtz

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

He is the person who bankrupted the Student's father

He is his uncle

He is the Student's father
22 How much money does the Old Man say that the Student's father took from him?
15,000 crowns

17,000 crowns

18,000 crowns

12,000 crowns
23 What is the Old Man's last name?
Arkenholtz

Weber

Hummel

Adell
24 What is the Student studying?
Law

Language

Mathematics

Medicine
25 What is playing at the opera?
Aida

L'Elisir d'Amor

Le Nozze di Figaro

Valkyrie

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