The Ghost Sonata Quizzes

The Ghost Sonata Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?

August Strindberg

Henrik Ibsen

William Shakespeare

Tennessee Williams
2 What was Strindberg's home country?

Germany

Denmark

Sweden

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

Miss Julie

Easter

A Dream Play

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

Dvorak

Beethoven

Wagner

Mozart
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?

1908

1900

1905

1907
7 Where was it first produced?

The Swedish Theatre

The National Theatre

The Strindberg Theatre

The Intimate Theatre
8 Where does the play take place?

Hamburg

Stockholm

Berlin

Gothenburg
9 Which painting is featured in the play?

The Mona Lisa

Island of the Dead

Playing in the Waves

The Scream
10 Who painted it?

Sandro Botticelli

Arnold Bocklin

Edvard Munch

Caravaggio
11 When was Strindberg born?

1849

1855

1842

1872
12 What literary movement is the play part of?

Restoration

Modernism

Realism

Postmodernism
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 grand piano

A bust of the king of Sweden

A large potted plant

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 Mummy

The Student

The Girl

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

Painting the house

Reading a newspaper

Talking to himself

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

The Caretaker's Wife

The Old Man

The Girl

The Milkmaid
19 Why is the Student underslept?

He helped people after the collapse of a house

He was at working the night shift at the prison

He had nightmares

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

Hummel

Strindberg

Ibsen

Arkenholtz
21 How does the Old Man know the Student?

He is his uncle

He is the person who bankrupted the Student's father

He was his teacher in grade school

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

18,000 crowns

12,000 crowns

15,000 crowns
23 What is the Old Man's last name?

Weber

Hummel

Arkenholtz

Adell
24 What is the Student studying?

Language

Law

Mathematics

Medicine
25 What is playing at the opera?

Le Nozze di Figaro

L'Elisir d'Amor

Aida

Valkyrie

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