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?
1920

1900

1976

1975
3 When was the novel published?
1967

1980

1901

1900
4 Who wrote the novel?
Joan Lindsay

Nicholas Roeg

Peter Weir

Irma Leopold
5 On what holiday does the novel take place?
Easter

Christmas

Valentine's Day

St. Patrick's Day
6 What site do the girls travel to at the beginning of the novel?
Alice Springs

Uluru

The Pyramids

Hanging Rock
7 What does Mrs. Appleyard run?
A kindergarten

A boarding school

A university

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

Literature

Physics

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

Miranda

Marion

Edith
10 What is Miranda known for?
Being rich

Being mean

Being popular

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

Weir

Leopold

Appleyard
12 Which of the following is NOT included in the text of the novel?
Letters

Newspaper clippings

Eyewitness accounts

Impressionist art
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?
Historical fiction

Horror

Gothic romance

Science fiction
15 What filmmaker was heavily inspired by Picnic at Hanging Rock?
Paul Thomas Anderson

Kenneth Lonergan

Sofia Coppola

Kelly Reichardt
16 Which of the following is NOT a film by Sofia Coppola?
The Virgin Suicides

Marie Antoinette

Picnic at Hanging Rock

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

Sara

Marion

Edith
18 Who tells Edith she is annoying?
Miranda

Sara

Marion

Miss McCraw
19 Who is known for being very smart?
Marion

Miranda

Irma

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

Miranda

Marion

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?
A lizard

An owl

A monolith

A koala
23 What nests in Marion's arm?
An ant

A spider

A beetle

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

Foggy days in the outback

Weir's dreams

The films of David Lynch
25 What is the perspective of the novel?
Third person

First person

Second person

None of the above

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