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

1975

1900

1920
3 When was the novel published?
1980

1967

1900

1901
4 Who wrote the novel?
Nicholas Roeg

Irma Leopold

Peter Weir

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

Christmas

St. Patrick's Day

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

Uluru

Alice Springs

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

A movie theater

A university

A boarding school
8 What does Ms. McCraw teach?
Literature

Physics

Math

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

Marion

Miranda

irma
10 What is Miranda known for?
Being rich

Being popular

Being smart

Being mean
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

Impressionist art

Eyewitness accounts

Newspaper clippings
13 Who directed the film adaptation of the novel?
Nicholas Roeg

Peter Weir

Martin Scorcese

Sofia Coppola
14 What is the genre of the novel?
Gothic romance

Horror

Historical fiction

Science fiction
15 What filmmaker was heavily inspired by Picnic at Hanging Rock?
Kelly Reichardt

Paul Thomas Anderson

Sofia Coppola

Kenneth Lonergan
16 Which of the following is NOT a film by Sofia Coppola?
Marie Antoinette

The Virgin Suicides

The Beguiled

Picnic at Hanging Rock
17 Who does NOT go up into the rocks?
Sara

Irma

Edith

Marion
18 Who tells Edith she is annoying?
Miss McCraw

Sara

Miranda

Marion
19 Who is known for being very smart?
Marion

Edith

Miranda

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

Miranda

Dora Lumley

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

A strange reptile

A circular platform

An spaceship
22 What are the girls drawn towards?
An owl

A koala

A lizard

A monolith
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?
The films of David Lynch

Weir's dreams

Foggy days in the outback

Impressionist paintings
25 What is the perspective of the novel?
First person

Third person

Second person

None of the above

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