Picnic at Hanging Rock Quizzes

Picnic at Hanging Rock Quiz 1

1 Where is the novel set?
Australia

New Zealand

Tasmania

The United States
2 When does the novel take place?
1920

1975

1900

1976
3 When was the novel published?
1900

1901

1980

1967
4 Who wrote the novel?
Peter Weir

Joan Lindsay

Irma Leopold

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

St. Patrick's Day

Valentine's Day

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

The Pyramids

Hanging Rock

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

A movie theater

A boarding school

A university
8 What does Ms. McCraw teach?
Math

Literature

Biology

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

Marion

Miranda

irma
10 What is Miranda known for?
Being popular

Being smart

Being mean

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

Leopold

Melbourne

Appleyard
12 Which of the following is NOT included in the text of the novel?
Eyewitness accounts

Newspaper clippings

Letters

Impressionist art
13 Who directed the film adaptation of the novel?
Sofia Coppola

Peter Weir

Nicholas Roeg

Martin Scorcese
14 What is the genre of the novel?
Gothic romance

Historical fiction

Horror

Science fiction
15 What filmmaker was heavily inspired by Picnic at Hanging Rock?
Paul Thomas Anderson

Kelly Reichardt

Sofia Coppola

Kenneth Lonergan
16 Which of the following is NOT a film by Sofia Coppola?
Marie Antoinette

The Virgin Suicides

Picnic at Hanging Rock

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

Marion

Irma

Edith
18 Who tells Edith she is annoying?
Miss McCraw

Miranda

Marion

Sara
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 portal to another dimension

A strange reptile

An spaceship

A circular platform
22 What are the girls drawn towards?
A lizard

A monolith

A koala

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

A lizard

A beetle

An ant
24 What inspired the dreamy look of the film adaptation of the novel?
Foggy days in the outback

The films of David Lynch

Impressionist paintings

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

Third person

Second person

None of the above

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