The Ghost Sonata Quizzes

The Ghost Sonata Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?
Tennessee Williams

William Shakespeare

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

Miss Julie

A Doll's House

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

Dvorak

Wagner

Beethoven
5 What kind of play is The Ghost Sonata?
A chamber play

A kitchen sink drama

A satire

A family drama
6 When was the play written?
1905

1907

1908

1900
7 Where was it first produced?
The National Theatre

The Swedish Theatre

The Strindberg 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?
Caravaggio

Arnold Bocklin

Sandro Botticelli

Edvard Munch
11 When was Strindberg born?
1855

1842

1849

1872
12 What literary movement is the play part of?
Postmodernism

Realism

Restoration

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

The Hyacinth Room

The Round Room

The Drawing 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 Colonel

The Student

The Colonel's wife

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

The Student

The Old Man

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

Reading a newspaper

Begging for money

Talking to himself
18 Who does the Student ask to help him at the water fountain?
The Caretaker's Wife

The Old Man

The Girl

The Milkmaid
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?
Hummel

Ibsen

Arkenholtz

Strindberg
21 How does the Old Man know the Student?
He is his uncle

He is the person who bankrupted the Student's father

He is the Student's father

He was his teacher in grade school
22 How much money does the Old Man say that the Student's father took from him?
17,000 crowns

12,000 crowns

15,000 crowns

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

Adell

Arkenholtz

Weber
24 What is the Student studying?
Law

Mathematics

Medicine

Language
25 What is playing at the opera?
L'Elisir d'Amor

Le Nozze di Figaro

Aida

Valkyrie

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