The Ghost Sonata Quizzes

The Ghost Sonata Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?
Tennessee Williams

Henrik Ibsen

William Shakespeare

August Strindberg
2 What was Strindberg's home country?
Denmark

Sweden

Germany

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

Easter

A Doll's House

Miss Julie
4 Which composer's work is the title taken from?
Mozart

Beethoven

Dvorak

Wagner
5 What kind of play is The Ghost Sonata?
A kitchen sink drama

A satire

A chamber play

A family drama
6 When was the play written?
1900

1908

1905

1907
7 Where was it first produced?
The Intimate Theatre

The National Theatre

The Swedish Theatre

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

Gothenburg

Stockholm

Hamburg
9 Which painting is featured in the play?
The Mona Lisa

Playing in the Waves

The Scream

Island of the Dead
10 Who painted it?
Sandro Botticelli

Arnold Bocklin

Edvard Munch

Caravaggio
11 When was Strindberg born?
1872

1849

1842

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

Restoration

Realism

Modernism
13 Which room is on the right side?
The Drawing Room

The Round Room

The Hyacinth Room

The Red 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 Student

The Girl

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

The Mummy

The Girl

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

Talking to himself

Reading a newspaper

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

The Milkmaid

The Old Man

The Caretaker's Wife
19 Why is the Student underslept?
He was courting a young woman

He was at working the night shift at the prison

He helped people after the collapse of a house

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

Hummel

Arkenholtz

Ibsen
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?
15,000 crowns

18,000 crowns

12,000 crowns

17,000 crowns
23 What is the Old Man's last name?
Weber

Adell

Hummel

Arkenholtz
24 What is the Student studying?
Medicine

Language

Law

Mathematics
25 What is playing at the opera?
Aida

L'Elisir d'Amor

Valkyrie

Le Nozze di Figaro

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