The Ghost Sonata Quizzes

The Ghost Sonata Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?

William Shakespeare

Tennessee Williams

August Strindberg

Henrik Ibsen
2 What was Strindberg's home country?

Norway

Denmark

Sweden

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

Easter

A Dream Play

Miss Julie

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

Wagner

Dvorak

Beethoven

Mozart
5 What kind of play is The Ghost Sonata?

A satire

A chamber play

A kitchen sink drama

A family drama
6 When was the play written?

1900

1907

1905

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?

Berlin

Hamburg

Stockholm

Gothenburg
9 Which painting is featured in the play?

The Mona Lisa

The Scream

Playing in the Waves

Island of the Dead
10 Who painted it?

Edvard Munch

Caravaggio

Sandro Botticelli

Arnold Bocklin
11 When was Strindberg born?

1855

1849

1842

1872
12 What literary movement is the play part of?

Modernism

Realism

Postmodernism

Restoration
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 large potted plant

A white marble statue

A grand piano

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

The Student

The Girl

The Colonel

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

The Student

The Girl

The Old Man

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

Painting the house

Talking to himself

Begging for money

Reading a newspaper
18 Who does the Student ask to help him at the water fountain?

The Milkmaid

The Old Man

The Girl

The Caretaker's Wife
19 Why is the Student underslept?

He was at working the night shift at the prison

He helped people after the collapse of a house

He had nightmares

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

Ibsen

Hummel

Strindberg

Arkenholtz
21 How does the Old Man know the Student?

He is the person who bankrupted the Student's father

He is his uncle

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?

15,000 crowns

12,000 crowns

17,000 crowns

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

Arkenholtz

Hummel

Weber

Adell
24 What is the Student studying?

Law

Medicine

Mathematics

Language
25 What is playing at the opera?

Le Nozze di Figaro

Aida

Valkyrie

L'Elisir d'Amor

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