Picnic at Hanging Rock Quizzes

Picnic at Hanging Rock Quiz 1

1 Where is the novel set?

Australia

New Zealand

Tasmania

The United States
2 When does the novel take place?

1976

1900

1975

1920
3 When was the novel published?

1900

1967

1980

1901
4 Who wrote the novel?

Nicholas Roeg

Peter Weir

Irma Leopold

Joan Lindsay
5 On what holiday does the novel take place?

Christmas

Easter

St. Patrick's Day

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

Uluru

Hanging Rock

Alice Springs

The Pyramids
7 What does Mrs. Appleyard run?

A movie theater

A university

A kindergarten

A boarding school
8 What does Ms. McCraw teach?

Literature

Biology

Physics

Math
9 Who is the least popular girl at school?

Edith

Marion

irma

Miranda
10 What is Miranda known for?

Being popular

Being mean

Being rich

Being smart
11 What is Irma's last name?

Weir

Melbourne

Leopold

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

Newspaper clippings

Impressionist art

Eyewitness accounts

Letters
13 Who directed the film adaptation of the novel?

Martin Scorcese

Peter Weir

Nicholas Roeg

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?

Paul Thomas Anderson

Kelly Reichardt

Sofia Coppola

Kenneth Lonergan
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?

Marion

Irma

Edith

Sara
18 Who tells Edith she is annoying?

Marion

Sara

Miranda

Miss McCraw
19 Who is known for being very smart?

Marion

Edith

Irma

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

Marion

Irma

Miranda

Dora Lumley
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?

An owl

A monolith

A koala

A lizard
23 What nests in Marion's arm?

A lizard

A beetle

A spider

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

The films of David Lynch

Impressionist paintings

Foggy days in the outback

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

Third person

First person

Second person

None of the above

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