Picnic at Hanging Rock Quizzes

Picnic at Hanging Rock Quiz 1

1 Where is the novel set?

New Zealand

Australia

Tasmania

The United States
2 When does the novel take place?

1976

1975

1900

1920
3 When was the novel published?

1900

1901

1980

1967
4 Who wrote the novel?

Irma Leopold

Nicholas Roeg

Peter Weir

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

St. Patrick's Day

Valentine's Day

Christmas

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

Alice Springs

The Pyramids

Hanging Rock

Uluru
7 What does Mrs. Appleyard run?

A kindergarten

A boarding school

A university

A movie theater
8 What does Ms. McCraw teach?

Literature

Math

Biology

Physics
9 Who is the least popular girl at school?

Marion

Miranda

Edith

irma
10 What is Miranda known for?

Being rich

Being popular

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?

Eyewitness accounts

Letters

Impressionist art

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?

Historical fiction

Horror

Gothic romance

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

Kelly Reichardt

Paul Thomas Anderson

Kenneth Lonergan

Sofia Coppola
16 Which of the following is NOT a film by Sofia Coppola?

Picnic at Hanging Rock

The Virgin Suicides

The Beguiled

Marie Antoinette
17 Who does NOT go up into the rocks?

Sara

Marion

Edith

Irma
18 Who tells Edith she is annoying?

Miss McCraw

Miranda

Sara

Marion
19 Who is known for being very smart?

Marion

Edith

Miranda

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

Irma

Marion

Dora Lumley

Miranda
21 What do the girls find in the rocks?

A portal to another dimension

An spaceship

A circular platform

A strange reptile
22 What are the girls drawn towards?

An owl

A monolith

A koala

A lizard
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

Weir's dreams

Foggy days in the outback

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

Third person

Second person

First person

None of the above

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