Picnic at Hanging Rock Quizzes

Picnic at Hanging Rock Quiz 1

1 Where is the novel set?
Australia

Tasmania

The United States

New Zealand
2 When does the novel take place?
1975

1920

1900

1976
3 When was the novel published?
1901

1980

1900

1967
4 Who wrote the novel?
Joan Lindsay

Peter Weir

Nicholas Roeg

Irma Leopold
5 On what holiday does the novel take place?
Valentine's Day

Christmas

St. Patrick's Day

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

Alice Springs

Uluru

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

A movie theater

A university

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

Literature

Math

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

Marion

Miranda

Edith
10 What is Miranda known for?
Being smart

Being mean

Being rich

Being popular
11 What is Irma's last name?
Weir

Appleyard

Melbourne

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

Eyewitness accounts

Impressionist art

Newspaper clippings
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?
Horror

Gothic romance

Historical fiction

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

Sofia Coppola

Paul Thomas Anderson

Kelly Reichardt
16 Which of the following is NOT a film by Sofia Coppola?
Marie Antoinette

Picnic at Hanging Rock

The Beguiled

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

Edith

Marion

Sara
18 Who tells Edith she is annoying?
Miranda

Marion

Sara

Miss McCraw
19 Who is known for being very smart?
Edith

Miranda

Marion

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

Miranda

Marion

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

An spaceship

A portal to another dimension

A strange reptile
22 What are the girls drawn towards?
A lizard

A koala

A monolith

An owl
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

Foggy days in the outback

Weir's dreams

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

Second person

First person

None of the above

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