Picnic at Hanging Rock Quizzes

Picnic at Hanging Rock Quiz 1

1 Where is the novel set?
New Zealand

Australia

The United States

Tasmania
2 When does the novel take place?
1900

1976

1975

1920
3 When was the novel published?
1901

1980

1900

1967
4 Who wrote the novel?
Nicholas Roeg

Joan Lindsay

Peter Weir

Irma Leopold
5 On what holiday does the novel take place?
Christmas

St. Patrick's Day

Valentine's Day

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

Uluru

The Pyramids

Alice Springs
7 What does Mrs. Appleyard run?
A kindergarten

A university

A boarding school

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

Math

Biology

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

Edith

irma

Marion
10 What is Miranda known for?
Being popular

Being mean

Being rich

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

Appleyard

Melbourne

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

Impressionist art

Newspaper clippings

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

Sofia Coppola

Peter Weir

Martin Scorcese
14 What is the genre of the novel?
Science fiction

Gothic romance

Historical fiction

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

Sofia Coppola

Paul Thomas Anderson

Kenneth Lonergan
16 Which of the following is NOT a film by Sofia Coppola?
Picnic at Hanging Rock

The Beguiled

Marie Antoinette

The Virgin Suicides
17 Who does NOT go up into the rocks?
Irma

Marion

Sara

Edith
18 Who tells Edith she is annoying?
Sara

Miss McCraw

Miranda

Marion
19 Who is known for being very smart?
Miranda

Marion

Edith

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

Dora Lumley

Irma

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

A strange reptile

An spaceship

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

A lizard

An owl

A monolith
23 What nests in Marion's arm?
A spider

A beetle

An ant

A lizard
24 What inspired the dreamy look of the film adaptation of the novel?
Foggy days in the outback

The films of David Lynch

Weir's dreams

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

First person

Third person

None of the above

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