Picnic at Hanging Rock Quizzes

Picnic at Hanging Rock Quiz 1

1 Where is the novel set?
Australia

Tasmania

New Zealand

The United States
2 When does the novel take place?
1975

1900

1920

1976
3 When was the novel published?
1980

1967

1901

1900
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

St. Patrick's Day

Easter

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

Hanging Rock

Alice Springs

The Pyramids
7 What does Mrs. Appleyard run?
A movie theater

A boarding school

A kindergarten

A university
8 What does Ms. McCraw teach?
Physics

Biology

Math

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

Marion

Edith

Miranda
10 What is Miranda known for?
Being popular

Being smart

Being mean

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

Appleyard

Weir

Melbourne
12 Which of the following is NOT included in the text of the novel?
Newspaper clippings

Letters

Impressionist art

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

Nicholas Roeg

Martin Scorcese

Peter Weir
14 What is the genre of the novel?
Gothic romance

Science fiction

Horror

Historical fiction
15 What filmmaker was heavily inspired by Picnic at Hanging Rock?
Sofia Coppola

Kelly Reichardt

Paul Thomas Anderson

Kenneth Lonergan
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?
Edith

Sara

Irma

Marion
18 Who tells Edith she is annoying?
Miss McCraw

Miranda

Marion

Sara
19 Who is known for being very smart?
Edith

Irma

Miranda

Marion
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 portal to another dimension

A circular platform

An spaceship

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

A koala

An owl

A lizard
23 What nests in Marion's arm?
A beetle

An ant

A lizard

A spider
24 What inspired the dreamy look of the film adaptation of the novel?
Impressionist paintings

Weir's dreams

The films of David Lynch

Foggy days in the outback
25 What is the perspective of the novel?
First person

Third person

Second person

None of the above

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