The Ghost Sonata Quizzes

The Ghost Sonata Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?
Henrik Ibsen

Tennessee Williams

William Shakespeare

August Strindberg
2 What was Strindberg's home country?
Norway

Sweden

Denmark

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

A Dream Play

A Doll's House

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

Mozart

Beethoven

Dvorak
5 What kind of play is The Ghost Sonata?
A kitchen sink drama

A family drama

A chamber play

A satire
6 When was the play written?
1905

1907

1908

1900
7 Where was it first produced?
The National Theatre

The Intimate Theatre

The Swedish Theatre

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

Stockholm

Gothenburg

Berlin
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?
Arnold Bocklin

Edvard Munch

Caravaggio

Sandro Botticelli
11 When was Strindberg born?
1849

1872

1855

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

Postmodernism

Modernism

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

The Drawing Room

The Round Room

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

A large potted plant

A bust of the king of Sweden

A white marble statue
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 Girl

The Student

The Mummy

The Old Man
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 courting a young woman

He had nightmares

He was at working the night shift at the prison

He helped people after the collapse of a house
20 What is the Student's last name?
Hummel

Strindberg

Ibsen

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

He is the Student's father

He is his uncle

He is the person who bankrupted the Student's father
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?
Hummel

Arkenholtz

Weber

Adell
24 What is the Student studying?
Medicine

Language

Mathematics

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

Aida

L'Elisir d'Amor

Valkyrie

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