Picnic at Hanging Rock Quizzes

Picnic at Hanging Rock Quiz 1

1 Where is the novel set?
Tasmania

Australia

The United States

New Zealand
2 When does the novel take place?
1976

1920

1900

1975
3 When was the novel published?
1900

1901

1967

1980
4 Who wrote the novel?
Joan Lindsay

Nicholas Roeg

Peter Weir

Irma Leopold
5 On what holiday does the novel take place?
St. Patrick's Day

Christmas

Easter

Valentine's Day
6 What site do the girls travel to at the beginning of the novel?
Hanging Rock

Alice Springs

Uluru

The Pyramids
7 What does Mrs. Appleyard run?
A university

A boarding school

A kindergarten

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

Physics

Math

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

Marion

irma

Miranda
10 What is Miranda known for?
Being rich

Being mean

Being smart

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

Leopold

Appleyard

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

Newspaper clippings

Letters

Eyewitness accounts
13 Who directed the film adaptation of the novel?
Sofia Coppola

Peter Weir

Nicholas Roeg

Martin Scorcese
14 What is the genre of the novel?
Science fiction

Horror

Gothic romance

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

Sofia Coppola

Kelly Reichardt

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

The Beguiled

Picnic at Hanging Rock

Marie Antoinette
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?
Irma

Miranda

Edith

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

Dora Lumley

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 koala

A monolith

An owl

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

A beetle

A lizard

An ant
24 What inspired the dreamy look of the film adaptation of the novel?
Impressionist paintings

Weir's dreams

The films of David Lynch

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

Second person

First person

None of the above

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