The Ghost Sonata Quizzes

The Ghost Sonata Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?
August Strindberg

Henrik Ibsen

Tennessee Williams

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

Norway

Sweden

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

A Doll's House

Easter

Miss Julie
4 Which composer's work is the title taken from?
Dvorak

Mozart

Beethoven

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

A chamber play

A satire

A kitchen sink drama
6 When was the play written?
1907

1900

1905

1908
7 Where was it first produced?
The Swedish Theatre

The Strindberg Theatre

The National Theatre

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

Gothenburg

Hamburg

Stockholm
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?
Sandro Botticelli

Caravaggio

Edvard Munch

Arnold Bocklin
11 When was Strindberg born?
1855

1849

1842

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

Postmodernism

Restoration

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

The Round Room

The Drawing 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 Girl

The Colonel

The Colonel's wife

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

The Student

The Mummy

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

Begging for money

Talking to himself

Painting the house
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 had nightmares

He was at working the night shift at the prison

He helped people after the collapse of a house

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

Strindberg

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?
12,000 crowns

15,000 crowns

17,000 crowns

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

Weber

Hummel

Adell
24 What is the Student studying?
Mathematics

Law

Language

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

Aida

L'Elisir d'Amor

Valkyrie

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