The Ghost Sonata Quizzes

The Ghost Sonata Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?

Tennessee Williams

Henrik Ibsen

August Strindberg

William Shakespeare
2 What was Strindberg's home country?

Denmark

Norway

Sweden

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

Miss Julie

Easter

A Doll's House

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

Mozart

Dvorak

Beethoven

Wagner
5 What kind of play is The Ghost Sonata?

A chamber play

A family drama

A satire

A kitchen sink drama
6 When was the play written?

1905

1908

1907

1900
7 Where was it first produced?

The Strindberg Theatre

The National Theatre

The Swedish Theatre

The Intimate Theatre
8 Where does the play take place?

Gothenburg

Berlin

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?

1849

1842

1872

1855
12 What literary movement is the play part of?

Modernism

Postmodernism

Realism

Restoration
13 Which room is on the right side?

The Red Room

The Drawing Room

The Round Room

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

A white marble statue

A bust of the king of Sweden

A grand piano

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

The Girl

The Colonel

The Colonel's wife

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

The Student

The Mummy

The Girl

The Old Man
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 Caretaker's Wife

The Girl

The Old Man

The Milkmaid
19 Why is the Student underslept?

He was at working the night shift at the prison

He was courting a young woman

He had nightmares

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

Ibsen

Hummel

Arkenholtz

Strindberg
21 How does the Old Man know the Student?

He is the person who bankrupted the Student's father

He was his teacher in grade school

He is his uncle

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

18,000 crowns

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

Adell

Weber

Hummel

Arkenholtz
24 What is the Student studying?

Mathematics

Law

Medicine

Language
25 What is playing at the opera?

Aida

L'Elisir d'Amor

Valkyrie

Le Nozze di Figaro

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