Picnic at Hanging Rock Quizzes

Picnic at Hanging Rock Quiz 1

1 Where is the novel set?

Tasmania

New Zealand

The United States

Australia
2 When does the novel take place?

1900

1975

1920

1976
3 When was the novel published?

1980

1900

1967

1901
4 Who wrote the novel?

Nicholas Roeg

Joan Lindsay

Irma Leopold

Peter Weir
5 On what holiday does the novel take place?

Easter

Valentine's Day

Christmas

St. Patrick's Day
6 What site do the girls travel to at the beginning of the novel?

Uluru

The Pyramids

Alice Springs

Hanging Rock
7 What does Mrs. Appleyard run?

A boarding school

A university

A kindergarten

A movie theater
8 What does Ms. McCraw teach?

Physics

Math

Literature

Biology
9 Who is the least popular girl at school?

Edith

Miranda

Marion

irma
10 What is Miranda known for?

Being popular

Being smart

Being mean

Being rich
11 What is Irma's last name?

Leopold

Melbourne

Appleyard

Weir
12 Which of the following is NOT included in the text of the novel?

Newspaper clippings

Eyewitness accounts

Letters

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

Martin Scorcese

Nicholas Roeg

Sofia Coppola

Peter Weir
14 What is the genre of the novel?

Historical fiction

Science fiction

Gothic romance

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

Paul Thomas Anderson

Kenneth Lonergan

Kelly Reichardt

Sofia Coppola
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?

Sara

Irma

Marion

Edith
18 Who tells Edith she is annoying?

Sara

Miranda

Marion

Miss McCraw
19 Who is known for being very smart?

Marion

Miranda

Edith

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

Miranda

Dora Lumley

Marion

Irma
21 What do the girls find in the rocks?

An spaceship

A circular platform

A portal to another dimension

A strange reptile
22 What are the girls drawn towards?

A monolith

A lizard

An owl

A koala
23 What nests in Marion's arm?

A lizard

An ant

A beetle

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

Foggy days in the outback

The films of David Lynch

Weir's dreams

Impressionist paintings
25 What is the perspective of the novel?

First person

Third person

Second person

None of the above

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