Picnic at Hanging Rock Quizzes

Picnic at Hanging Rock Quiz 1

1 Where is the novel set?

Tasmania

New Zealand

Australia

The United States
2 When does the novel take place?

1900

1976

1920

1975
3 When was the novel published?

1967

1980

1901

1900
4 Who wrote the novel?

Irma Leopold

Peter Weir

Joan Lindsay

Nicholas Roeg
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?

The Pyramids

Uluru

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?

Physics

Literature

Math

Biology
9 Who is the least popular girl at school?

Marion

Edith

irma

Miranda
10 What is Miranda known for?

Being rich

Being smart

Being mean

Being popular
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?

Eyewitness accounts

Impressionist art

Letters

Newspaper clippings
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?

Science fiction

Historical fiction

Horror

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

Sofia Coppola

Kenneth Lonergan

Kelly Reichardt

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

Picnic at Hanging Rock

The Beguiled

Marie Antoinette

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

Marion

Sara

Irma

Edith
18 Who tells Edith she is annoying?

Miranda

Marion

Sara

Miss McCraw
19 Who is known for being very smart?

Marion

Edith

Miranda

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

Miranda

Marion

Irma

Dora Lumley
21 What do the girls find in the rocks?

A strange reptile

An spaceship

A circular platform

A portal to another dimension
22 What are the girls drawn towards?

An owl

A koala

A lizard

A monolith
23 What nests in Marion's arm?

A spider

An ant

A beetle

A lizard
24 What inspired the dreamy look of the film adaptation of the novel?

Weir's dreams

Foggy days in the outback

The films of David Lynch

Impressionist paintings
25 What is the perspective of the novel?

Second person

Third person

First person

None of the above

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