The Ghost Sonata Quizzes

The Ghost Sonata Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?

August Strindberg

Tennessee Williams

Henrik Ibsen

William Shakespeare
2 What was Strindberg's home country?

Norway

Germany

Sweden

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

Easter

Miss Julie

A Doll's House

A Dream Play
4 Which composer's work is the title taken from?

Dvorak

Wagner

Beethoven

Mozart
5 What kind of play is The Ghost Sonata?

A family drama

A satire

A kitchen sink drama

A chamber play
6 When was the play written?

1907

1905

1908

1900
7 Where was it first produced?

The National Theatre

The Swedish Theatre

The Strindberg Theatre

The Intimate Theatre
8 Where does the play take place?

Stockholm

Hamburg

Gothenburg

Berlin
9 Which painting is featured in the play?

Playing in the Waves

Island of the Dead

The Scream

The Mona Lisa
10 Who painted it?

Sandro Botticelli

Caravaggio

Arnold Bocklin

Edvard Munch
11 When was Strindberg born?

1849

1855

1842

1872
12 What literary movement is the play part of?

Postmodernism

Restoration

Modernism

Realism
13 Which room is on the right side?

The Red Room

The Round Room

The Hyacinth Room

The Drawing Room
14 What is the central piece in the Round Room?

A white marble statue

A grand piano

A large potted plant

A bust of the king of Sweden
15 Who is depicted in the statue?

The Colonel's wife

The Girl

The Student

The Colonel
16 Who is sitting outside the house at the start of the play?

The Student

The Old Man

The Mummy

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

Begging for money

Reading a newspaper

Painting the house

Talking to himself
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 courting a young woman

He was at working the night shift at the prison

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

Arkenholtz

Ibsen

Strindberg

Hummel
21 How does the Old Man know the Student?

He is the person who bankrupted the Student's father

He is the Student's father

He was his teacher in grade school

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

18,000 crowns

12,000 crowns

17,000 crowns

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

Hummel

Weber

Arkenholtz

Adell
24 What is the Student studying?

Mathematics

Medicine

Law

Language
25 What is playing at the opera?

Aida

Valkyrie

L'Elisir d'Amor

Le Nozze di Figaro

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