The Ghost Sonata Quizzes

The Ghost Sonata Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?
August Strindberg

Tennessee Williams

William Shakespeare

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

Germany

Denmark

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

Miss Julie

A Dream Play

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

Wagner

Mozart

Beethoven
5 What kind of play is The Ghost Sonata?
A satire

A kitchen sink drama

A chamber play

A family drama
6 When was the play written?
1908

1907

1900

1905
7 Where was it first produced?
The Intimate Theatre

The Strindberg Theatre

The Swedish Theatre

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

Hamburg

Stockholm

Gothenburg
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

Sandro Botticelli

Caravaggio

Edvard Munch
11 When was Strindberg born?
1849

1872

1842

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

Restoration

Modernism

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

The Red Room

The Round Room

The Drawing Room
14 What is the central piece in the Round Room?
A white marble statue

A large potted plant

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 Mummy

The Old Man

The Student

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

Painting the house

Reading a newspaper

Talking to himself
18 Who does the Student ask to help him at the water fountain?
The Girl

The Milkmaid

The Caretaker's Wife

The Old Man
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?
Strindberg

Arkenholtz

Ibsen

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

He is the Student's father

He is the person who bankrupted the Student's father

He is his uncle
22 How much money does the Old Man say that the Student's father took from him?
17,000 crowns

18,000 crowns

15,000 crowns

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

Weber

Arkenholtz

Hummel
24 What is the Student studying?
Mathematics

Law

Language

Medicine
25 What is playing at the opera?
Aida

Valkyrie

Le Nozze di Figaro

L'Elisir d'Amor

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