Picnic at Hanging Rock Quizzes

Picnic at Hanging Rock Quiz 1

1 Where is the novel set?
The United States

Australia

New Zealand

Tasmania
2 When does the novel take place?
1900

1975

1976

1920
3 When was the novel published?
1901

1980

1967

1900
4 Who wrote the novel?
Irma Leopold

Joan Lindsay

Nicholas Roeg

Peter Weir
5 On what holiday does the novel take place?
Christmas

Valentine's Day

St. Patrick's Day

Easter
6 What site do the girls travel to at the beginning of the novel?
The Pyramids

Uluru

Alice Springs

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

A kindergarten

A boarding school

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

Physics

Math

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

Marion

irma

Edith
10 What is Miranda known for?
Being popular

Being rich

Being smart

Being mean
11 What is Irma's last name?
Leopold

Weir

Melbourne

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

Eyewitness accounts

Newspaper clippings

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

Sofia Coppola

Peter Weir

Nicholas Roeg
14 What is the genre of the novel?
Science fiction

Historical fiction

Gothic romance

Horror
15 What filmmaker was heavily inspired by Picnic at Hanging Rock?
Kenneth Lonergan

Kelly Reichardt

Paul Thomas Anderson

Sofia Coppola
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?
Edith

Marion

Irma

Sara
18 Who tells Edith she is annoying?
Sara

Marion

Miss McCraw

Miranda
19 Who is known for being very smart?
Miranda

Irma

Edith

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

Irma

Miranda

Marion
21 What do the girls find in the rocks?
A circular platform

A strange reptile

A portal to another dimension

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

An owl

A monolith

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

A beetle

A spider

A lizard
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?
First person

Second person

Third person

None of the above

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