The Ghost Sonata Quizzes

The Ghost Sonata Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?
August Strindberg

William Shakespeare

Henrik Ibsen

Tennessee Williams
2 What was Strindberg's home country?
Denmark

Germany

Norway

Sweden
3 Which of the following is not a Strindberg play?
A Doll's House

Easter

Miss Julie

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

Wagner

Mozart

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

A chamber play

A kitchen sink drama

A satire
6 When was the play written?
1900

1908

1905

1907
7 Where was it first produced?
The National Theatre

The Intimate Theatre

The Strindberg Theatre

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

Gothenburg

Hamburg

Stockholm
9 Which painting is featured in the play?
Playing in the Waves

The Mona Lisa

Island of the Dead

The Scream
10 Who painted it?
Sandro Botticelli

Arnold Bocklin

Caravaggio

Edvard Munch
11 When was Strindberg born?
1872

1842

1855

1849
12 What literary movement is the play part of?
Modernism

Restoration

Realism

Postmodernism
13 Which room is on the right side?
The Round Room

The Hyacinth Room

The Red Room

The Drawing Room
14 What is the central piece in the Round Room?
A bust of the king of Sweden

A grand piano

A large potted plant

A white marble statue
15 Who is depicted in the statue?
The Girl

The Colonel's wife

The Student

The Colonel
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?
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 Milkmaid

The Old Man

The Caretaker's Wife

The Girl
19 Why is the Student underslept?
He was courting a young woman

He helped people after the collapse of a house

He was at working the night shift at the prison

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

Hummel

Ibsen

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

He is his uncle

He is the person who bankrupted the Student's father

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

12,000 crowns

18,000 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

Le Nozze di Figaro

Valkyrie

L'Elisir d'Amor

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