Picnic at Hanging Rock Quizzes

Picnic at Hanging Rock Quiz 1

1 Where is the novel set?

The United States

Tasmania

New Zealand

Australia
2 When does the novel take place?

1975

1900

1920

1976
3 When was the novel published?

1901

1967

1900

1980
4 Who wrote the novel?

Peter Weir

Irma Leopold

Joan Lindsay

Nicholas Roeg
5 On what holiday does the novel take place?

St. Patrick's Day

Christmas

Valentine's Day

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

The Pyramids

Hanging Rock

Alice Springs

Uluru
7 What does Mrs. Appleyard run?

A movie theater

A boarding school

A university

A kindergarten
8 What does Ms. McCraw teach?

Biology

Literature

Math

Physics
9 Who is the least popular girl at school?

Miranda

irma

Marion

Edith
10 What is Miranda known for?

Being rich

Being mean

Being smart

Being popular
11 What is Irma's last name?

Appleyard

Weir

Melbourne

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

Impressionist art

Letters

Newspaper clippings

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

Martin Scorcese

Nicholas Roeg

Peter Weir

Sofia Coppola
14 What is the genre of the novel?

Gothic romance

Historical fiction

Science fiction

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

Kelly Reichardt

Kenneth Lonergan

Paul Thomas Anderson

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

The Virgin Suicides

The Beguiled

Marie Antoinette

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

Sara

Edith

Irma

Marion
18 Who tells Edith she is annoying?

Marion

Miss McCraw

Sara

Miranda
19 Who is known for being very smart?

Marion

Miranda

Edith

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

Irma

Marion

Miranda

Dora Lumley
21 What do the girls find in the rocks?

A strange reptile

A circular platform

An spaceship

A portal to another dimension
22 What are the girls drawn towards?

A monolith

An owl

A lizard

A koala
23 What nests in Marion's arm?

A beetle

A spider

An ant

A lizard
24 What inspired the dreamy look of the film adaptation of the novel?

Foggy days in the outback

Weir's dreams

The films of David Lynch

Impressionist paintings
25 What is the perspective of the novel?

First person

Second person

Third person

None of the above

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