Picnic at Hanging Rock Quizzes

Picnic at Hanging Rock Quiz 1

1 Where is the novel set?
The United States

Tasmania

New Zealand

Australia
2 When does the novel take place?
1900

1920

1976

1975
3 When was the novel published?
1967

1900

1980

1901
4 Who wrote the novel?
Nicholas Roeg

Irma Leopold

Peter Weir

Joan Lindsay
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?
Uluru

Hanging Rock

Alice Springs

The Pyramids
7 What does Mrs. Appleyard run?
A boarding school

A movie theater

A kindergarten

A university
8 What does Ms. McCraw teach?
Biology

Literature

Physics

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

Marion

irma

Miranda
10 What is Miranda known for?
Being smart

Being mean

Being rich

Being popular
11 What is Irma's last name?
Melbourne

Appleyard

Leopold

Weir
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?
Peter Weir

Nicholas Roeg

Martin Scorcese

Sofia Coppola
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?
Sofia Coppola

Kelly Reichardt

Kenneth Lonergan

Paul Thomas Anderson
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

Marion

Sara

Irma
18 Who tells Edith she is annoying?
Miranda

Sara

Marion

Miss McCraw
19 Who is known for being very smart?
Edith

Irma

Marion

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

Irma

Miranda

Dora Lumley
21 What do the girls find in the rocks?
A circular platform

An spaceship

A strange reptile

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

An owl

A koala

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

A spider

A beetle

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

Weir's dreams

Foggy days in the outback

The films of David Lynch
25 What is the perspective of the novel?
First person

Second person

Third person

None of the above

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