The Ghost Sonata Quizzes

The Ghost Sonata Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?
William Shakespeare

August Strindberg

Tennessee Williams

Henrik Ibsen
2 What was Strindberg's home country?
Denmark

Germany

Norway

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

A Doll's House

Easter

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

Beethoven

Mozart

Wagner
5 What kind of play is The Ghost Sonata?
A satire

A family drama

A chamber play

A kitchen sink drama
6 When was the play written?
1900

1905

1908

1907
7 Where was it first produced?
The Swedish Theatre

The Strindberg Theatre

The National Theatre

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

Hamburg

Stockholm

Gothenburg
9 Which painting is featured in the play?
Island of the Dead

The Scream

The Mona Lisa

Playing in the Waves
10 Who painted it?
Sandro Botticelli

Arnold Bocklin

Edvard Munch

Caravaggio
11 When was Strindberg born?
1842

1872

1855

1849
12 What literary movement is the play part of?
Modernism

Restoration

Realism

Postmodernism
13 Which room is on the right side?
The Round Room

The Hyacinth Room

The Drawing Room

The Red Room
14 What is the central piece in the Round Room?
A grand piano

A white marble statue

A bust of the king of Sweden

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

The Colonel's wife

The Girl

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

The Old Man

The Mummy

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

Talking to himself

Begging for money

Painting the house
18 Who does the Student ask to help him at the water fountain?
The Girl

The Old Man

The Caretaker's Wife

The Milkmaid
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 was courting a young woman

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

Ibsen

Arkenholtz

Hummel
21 How does the Old Man know the Student?
He is the person who bankrupted the Student's father

He is his uncle

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?
18,000 crowns

17,000 crowns

12,000 crowns

15,000 crowns
23 What is the Old Man's last name?
Arkenholtz

Hummel

Adell

Weber
24 What is the Student studying?
Medicine

Language

Law

Mathematics
25 What is playing at the opera?
Aida

Valkyrie

Le Nozze di Figaro

L'Elisir d'Amor

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