The Ghost Sonata Quizzes

The Ghost Sonata Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?

William Shakespeare

Henrik Ibsen

August Strindberg

Tennessee Williams
2 What was Strindberg's home country?

Denmark

Germany

Norway

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

A Dream Play

Miss Julie

A Doll's House

Easter
4 Which composer's work is the title taken from?

Wagner

Beethoven

Dvorak

Mozart
5 What kind of play is The Ghost Sonata?

A satire

A chamber play

A family drama

A kitchen sink drama
6 When was the play written?

1907

1900

1908

1905
7 Where was it first produced?

The Strindberg Theatre

The National Theatre

The Swedish Theatre

The Intimate Theatre
8 Where does the play take place?

Hamburg

Gothenburg

Stockholm

Berlin
9 Which painting is featured in the play?

The Mona Lisa

The Scream

Playing in the Waves

Island of the Dead
10 Who painted it?

Caravaggio

Arnold Bocklin

Sandro Botticelli

Edvard Munch
11 When was Strindberg born?

1842

1872

1849

1855
12 What literary movement is the play part of?

Realism

Postmodernism

Restoration

Modernism
13 Which room is on the right side?

The Red Room

The Round Room

The Hyacinth Room

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

A bust of the king of Sweden

A large potted plant

A grand piano

A white marble statue
15 Who is depicted in the statue?

The Girl

The Student

The Colonel's wife

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

The Student

The Old Man

The Mummy

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

Talking to himself

Begging for money

Painting the house

Reading a newspaper
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 helped people after the collapse of a house

He had nightmares

He was courting a young woman

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

Ibsen

Arkenholtz

Strindberg

Hummel
21 How does the Old Man know the Student?

He is his uncle

He was his teacher in grade school

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

15,000 crowns

12,000 crowns

18,000 crowns
23 What is the Old Man's last name?

Weber

Arkenholtz

Adell

Hummel
24 What is the Student studying?

Medicine

Language

Law

Mathematics
25 What is playing at the opera?

Aida

L'Elisir d'Amor

Valkyrie

Le Nozze di Figaro

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