Picnic at Hanging Rock Quizzes

Picnic at Hanging Rock Quiz 1

1 Where is the novel set?
Tasmania

The United States

Australia

New Zealand
2 When does the novel take place?
1976

1900

1920

1975
3 When was the novel published?
1980

1900

1901

1967
4 Who wrote the novel?
Irma Leopold

Peter Weir

Nicholas Roeg

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

Easter

St. Patrick's Day

Christmas
6 What site do the girls travel to at the beginning of the novel?
Hanging Rock

Uluru

The Pyramids

Alice Springs
7 What does Mrs. Appleyard run?
A boarding school

A kindergarten

A university

A movie theater
8 What does Ms. McCraw teach?
Physics

Biology

Literature

Math
9 Who is the least popular girl at school?
Edith

Marion

Miranda

irma
10 What is Miranda known for?
Being rich

Being mean

Being smart

Being popular
11 What is Irma's last name?
Weir

Appleyard

Melbourne

Leopold
12 Which of the following is NOT included in the text of the novel?
Impressionist art

Letters

Newspaper clippings

Eyewitness accounts
13 Who directed the film adaptation of the novel?
Martin Scorcese

Sofia Coppola

Nicholas Roeg

Peter Weir
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

Paul Thomas Anderson

Sofia Coppola
16 Which of the following is NOT a film by Sofia Coppola?
Picnic at Hanging Rock

Marie Antoinette

The Beguiled

The Virgin Suicides
17 Who does NOT go up into the rocks?
Marion

Edith

Sara

Irma
18 Who tells Edith she is annoying?
Sara

Miss McCraw

Marion

Miranda
19 Who is known for being very smart?
Irma

Miranda

Edith

Marion
20 Who is known for being very wealthy and beautiful?
Marion

Miranda

Dora Lumley

Irma
21 What do the girls find in the rocks?
A portal to another dimension

A circular platform

A strange reptile

An spaceship
22 What are the girls drawn towards?
A monolith

A koala

A lizard

An owl
23 What nests in Marion's arm?
A lizard

A spider

An ant

A beetle
24 What inspired the dreamy look of the film adaptation of the novel?
Weir's dreams

The films of David Lynch

Impressionist paintings

Foggy days in the outback
25 What is the perspective of the novel?
Second person

Third person

First person

None of the above

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