The Ghost Sonata Quizzes

The Ghost Sonata Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?

Tennessee Williams

August Strindberg

William Shakespeare

Henrik Ibsen
2 What was Strindberg's home country?

Germany

Sweden

Denmark

Norway
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?

Beethoven

Wagner

Dvorak

Mozart
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?

1905

1907

1900

1908
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?

Gothenburg

Berlin

Stockholm

Hamburg
9 Which painting is featured in the play?

Island of the Dead

Playing in the Waves

The Mona Lisa

The Scream
10 Who painted it?

Arnold Bocklin

Caravaggio

Edvard Munch

Sandro Botticelli
11 When was Strindberg born?

1855

1849

1872

1842
12 What literary movement is the play part of?

Modernism

Restoration

Postmodernism

Realism
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 white marble statue

A large potted plant
15 Who is depicted in the statue?

The Colonel's wife

The Colonel

The Girl

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

The Mummy

The Girl

The Old Man

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

Talking to himself

Painting the house

Begging for money

Reading a newspaper
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 had nightmares

He was at working the night shift at the prison

He was courting a young woman

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

Strindberg

Arkenholtz

Hummel

Ibsen
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?

12,000 crowns

17,000 crowns

15,000 crowns

18,000 crowns
23 What is the Old Man's last name?

Weber

Adell

Arkenholtz

Hummel
24 What is the Student studying?

Language

Medicine

Mathematics

Law
25 What is playing at the opera?

Le Nozze di Figaro

Valkyrie

Aida

L'Elisir d'Amor

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