Picnic at Hanging Rock Quizzes

Picnic at Hanging Rock Quiz 1

1 Where is the novel set?
Australia

The United States

New Zealand

Tasmania
2 When does the novel take place?
1920

1975

1976

1900
3 When was the novel published?
1980

1967

1901

1900
4 Who wrote the novel?
Joan Lindsay

Irma Leopold

Peter Weir

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

Christmas

St. Patrick's Day

Valentine's Day
6 What site do the girls travel to at the beginning of the novel?
The Pyramids

Uluru

Hanging Rock

Alice Springs
7 What does Mrs. Appleyard run?
A movie theater

A boarding school

A kindergarten

A university
8 What does Ms. McCraw teach?
Math

Literature

Physics

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

Marion

irma

Miranda
10 What is Miranda known for?
Being rich

Being mean

Being popular

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

Melbourne

Weir

Appleyard
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?
Peter Weir

Nicholas Roeg

Sofia Coppola

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

Horror

Historical fiction

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

Paul Thomas Anderson

Kenneth Lonergan

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

The Virgin Suicides

The Beguiled

Picnic at Hanging Rock
17 Who does NOT go up into the rocks?
Edith

Sara

Marion

Irma
18 Who tells Edith she is annoying?
Miss McCraw

Sara

Miranda

Marion
19 Who is known for being very smart?
Edith

Miranda

Marion

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

Marion

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

An owl

A koala
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?
Foggy days in the outback

Weir's dreams

The films of David Lynch

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

Second person

First person

None of the above

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