The Ghost Sonata Quizzes

The Ghost Sonata Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?
Henrik Ibsen

Tennessee Williams

William Shakespeare

August Strindberg
2 What was Strindberg's home country?
Denmark

Germany

Norway

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

Miss Julie

A Doll's House

Easter
4 Which composer's work is the title taken from?
Wagner

Beethoven

Mozart

Dvorak
5 What kind of play is The Ghost Sonata?
A family drama

A chamber play

A kitchen sink drama

A satire
6 When was the play written?
1907

1908

1900

1905
7 Where was it first produced?
The Strindberg Theatre

The Intimate Theatre

The Swedish Theatre

The National Theatre
8 Where does the play take place?
Stockholm

Hamburg

Gothenburg

Berlin
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?
Sandro Botticelli

Edvard Munch

Arnold Bocklin

Caravaggio
11 When was Strindberg born?
1849

1872

1855

1842
12 What literary movement is the play part of?
Restoration

Modernism

Realism

Postmodernism
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 grand piano

A white marble statue

A large potted plant

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

The Student

The Colonel

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

The Student

The Girl

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

Begging for money

Painting the house

Talking to himself
18 Who does the Student ask to help him at the water fountain?
The Milkmaid

The Girl

The Caretaker's Wife

The Old Man
19 Why is the Student underslept?
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

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

Ibsen

Strindberg

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

He is the Student's father

He is his uncle

He was his teacher in grade school
22 How much money does the Old Man say that the Student's father took from him?
12,000 crowns

18,000 crowns

15,000 crowns

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

Hummel

Arkenholtz

Adell
24 What is the Student studying?
Law

Mathematics

Medicine

Language
25 What is playing at the opera?
Valkyrie

Le Nozze di Figaro

Aida

L'Elisir d'Amor

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