Picnic at Hanging Rock Quizzes

Picnic at Hanging Rock Quiz 1

By John Melendez · Edited by James Cooper · Last reviewed October 04, 2023

1 Where is the novel set?

New Zealand

Tasmania

The United States

Australia
2 When does the novel take place?

1900

1920

1975

1976
3 When was the novel published?

1900

1901

1967

1980
4 Who wrote the novel?

Joan Lindsay

Peter Weir

Nicholas Roeg

Irma Leopold
5 On what holiday does the novel take place?

Christmas

St. Patrick's Day

Easter

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

The Pyramids

Hanging Rock

Uluru

Alice Springs
7 What does Mrs. Appleyard run?

A boarding school

A movie theater

A kindergarten

A university
8 What does Ms. McCraw teach?

Math

Physics

Literature

Biology
9 Who is the least popular girl at school?

Edith

Marion

irma

Miranda
10 What is Miranda known for?

Being popular

Being mean

Being smart

Being rich
11 What is Irma's last name?

Melbourne

Leopold

Weir

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

Newspaper clippings

Impressionist art

Eyewitness accounts

Letters
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

Horror

Historical fiction

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

Sofia Coppola

Paul Thomas Anderson

Kelly Reichardt

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

Marie Antoinette

Picnic at Hanging Rock

The Beguiled

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

Irma

Sara

Marion

Edith
18 Who tells Edith she is annoying?

Sara

Marion

Miss McCraw

Miranda
19 Who is known for being very smart?

Edith

Marion

Irma

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

Irma

Marion

Dora Lumley

Miranda
21 What do the girls find in the rocks?

An spaceship

A strange reptile

A circular platform

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

A koala

An owl

A lizard

A monolith
23 What nests in Marion's arm?

A lizard

A beetle

An ant

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

Impressionist paintings

Foggy days in the outback

Weir's dreams

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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