The Ghost Sonata Quizzes

The Ghost Sonata Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?
Henrik Ibsen

August Strindberg

William Shakespeare

Tennessee Williams
2 What was Strindberg's home country?
Germany

Norway

Sweden

Denmark
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

Wagner

Beethoven

Mozart
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?
1908

1900

1907

1905
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?
Berlin

Stockholm

Hamburg

Gothenburg
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?
Edvard Munch

Sandro Botticelli

Caravaggio

Arnold Bocklin
11 When was Strindberg born?
1849

1842

1872

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

Realism

Postmodernism

Modernism
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 large potted plant

A grand piano

A bust of the king of Sweden

A white marble statue
15 Who is depicted in the statue?
The Girl

The Colonel

The Student

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

The Student

The Mummy

The Girl
17 What is the Old Man doing at the beginning?
Talking to himself

Painting the house

Reading a newspaper

Begging for money
18 Who does the Student ask to help him at the water fountain?
The Caretaker's Wife

The Milkmaid

The Girl

The Old Man
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?
Hummel

Arkenholtz

Ibsen

Strindberg
21 How does the Old Man know the Student?
He is the Student's father

He was his teacher in grade school

He is his uncle

He is the person who bankrupted the Student's father
22 How much money does the Old Man say that the Student's father took from him?
12,000 crowns

15,000 crowns

17,000 crowns

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

Arkenholtz

Hummel

Weber
24 What is the Student studying?
Language

Law

Mathematics

Medicine
25 What is playing at the opera?
Valkyrie

Aida

L'Elisir d'Amor

Le Nozze di Figaro

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