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?
1920

1900

1975

1976
3 When was the novel published?
1900

1967

1901

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

Easter

Christmas

Valentine's Day
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 university

A boarding school

A kindergarten

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

Physics

Biology

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

Marion

Edith

Miranda
10 What is Miranda known for?
Being mean

Being popular

Being smart

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

Melbourne

Appleyard

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

Newspaper clippings

Letters

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

Peter Weir

Sofia Coppola

Martin Scorcese
14 What is the genre of the novel?
Horror

Gothic romance

Science fiction

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

Sofia Coppola

Kelly Reichardt

Paul Thomas Anderson
16 Which of the following is NOT a film by Sofia Coppola?
Marie Antoinette

Picnic at Hanging Rock

The Virgin Suicides

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

Sara

Marion

Edith
18 Who tells Edith she is annoying?
Miss McCraw

Sara

Miranda

Marion
19 Who is known for being very smart?
Irma

Miranda

Edith

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

Dora Lumley

Miranda

Irma
21 What do the girls find in the rocks?
A portal to another dimension

A strange reptile

A circular platform

An spaceship
22 What are the girls drawn towards?
A monolith

A lizard

A koala

An owl
23 What nests in Marion's arm?
A lizard

A beetle

A spider

An ant
24 What inspired the dreamy look of the film adaptation of the novel?
The films of David Lynch

Impressionist paintings

Foggy days in the outback

Weir's dreams
25 What is the perspective of the novel?
Third person

First person

Second person

None of the above

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