Picnic at Hanging Rock Quizzes

Picnic at Hanging Rock Quiz 1

1 Where is the novel set?
Australia

Tasmania

The United States

New Zealand
2 When does the novel take place?
1900

1976

1920

1975
3 When was the novel published?
1980

1901

1967

1900
4 Who wrote the novel?
Nicholas Roeg

Irma Leopold

Peter Weir

Joan Lindsay
5 On what holiday does the novel take place?
Valentine's Day

St. Patrick's Day

Christmas

Easter
6 What site do the girls travel to at the beginning of the novel?
Alice Springs

The Pyramids

Hanging Rock

Uluru
7 What does Mrs. Appleyard run?
A boarding school

A movie theater

A university

A kindergarten
8 What does Ms. McCraw teach?
Physics

Math

Biology

Literature
9 Who is the least popular girl at school?
irma

Edith

Miranda

Marion
10 What is Miranda known for?
Being rich

Being mean

Being popular

Being smart
11 What is Irma's last name?
Appleyard

Melbourne

Weir

Leopold
12 Which of the following is NOT included in the text of the novel?
Newspaper clippings

Eyewitness accounts

Letters

Impressionist art
13 Who directed the film adaptation of the novel?
Martin Scorcese

Nicholas Roeg

Peter Weir

Sofia Coppola
14 What is the genre of the novel?
Horror

Science fiction

Gothic romance

Historical fiction
15 What filmmaker was heavily inspired by Picnic at Hanging Rock?
Kelly Reichardt

Kenneth Lonergan

Sofia Coppola

Paul Thomas Anderson
16 Which of the following is NOT a film by Sofia Coppola?
Marie Antoinette

The Virgin Suicides

Picnic at Hanging Rock

The Beguiled
17 Who does NOT go up into the rocks?
Sara

Marion

Edith

Irma
18 Who tells Edith she is annoying?
Sara

Miss McCraw

Marion

Miranda
19 Who is known for being very smart?
Irma

Marion

Miranda

Edith
20 Who is known for being very wealthy and beautiful?
Miranda

Marion

Dora Lumley

Irma
21 What do the girls find in the rocks?
A strange reptile

An spaceship

A portal to another dimension

A circular platform
22 What are the girls drawn towards?
An owl

A monolith

A lizard

A koala
23 What nests in Marion's arm?
A lizard

An ant

A spider

A beetle
24 What inspired the dreamy look of the film adaptation of the novel?
Impressionist paintings

Foggy days in the outback

The films of David Lynch

Weir's dreams
25 What is the perspective of the novel?
First person

Second person

Third person

None of the above

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