The Ghost Sonata Quizzes

The Ghost Sonata Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?
Tennessee Williams

William Shakespeare

August Strindberg

Henrik Ibsen
2 What was Strindberg's home country?
Denmark

Sweden

Norway

Germany
3 Which of the following is not a Strindberg play?
Miss Julie

A Dream Play

A Doll's House

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

Wagner

Beethoven

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

A kitchen sink drama

A family drama

A satire
6 When was the play written?
1907

1905

1908

1900
7 Where was it first produced?
The Intimate Theatre

The Swedish Theatre

The National Theatre

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

Stockholm

Gothenburg

Hamburg
9 Which painting is featured in the play?
Island of the Dead

The Scream

Playing in the Waves

The Mona Lisa
10 Who painted it?
Caravaggio

Edvard Munch

Sandro Botticelli

Arnold Bocklin
11 When was Strindberg born?
1872

1842

1849

1855
12 What literary movement is the play part of?
Restoration

Realism

Modernism

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

The Hyacinth Room

The Drawing Room

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

A large potted plant

A white marble statue

A bust of the king of Sweden
15 Who is depicted in the statue?
The Colonel's wife

The Student

The Colonel

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

The Girl

The Student

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

Talking to himself

Painting the house

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

The Caretaker's Wife

The Milkmaid

The Girl
19 Why is the Student underslept?
He was courting a young woman

He was at working the night shift at the prison

He helped people after the collapse of a house

He had nightmares
20 What is the Student's last name?
Strindberg

Arkenholtz

Ibsen

Hummel
21 How does the Old Man know the Student?
He is the Student's father

He is the person who bankrupted the Student's father

He is his uncle

He was his teacher in grade school
22 How much money does the Old Man say that the Student's father took from him?
18,000 crowns

12,000 crowns

15,000 crowns

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

Weber

Adell

Hummel
24 What is the Student studying?
Language

Mathematics

Medicine

Law
25 What is playing at the opera?
Le Nozze di Figaro

Valkyrie

L'Elisir d'Amor

Aida

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