Picnic at Hanging Rock Quizzes

Picnic at Hanging Rock Quiz 1

1 Where is the novel set?
New Zealand

Tasmania

The United States

Australia
2 When does the novel take place?
1900

1975

1976

1920
3 When was the novel published?
1980

1901

1967

1900
4 Who wrote the novel?
Joan Lindsay

Irma Leopold

Nicholas Roeg

Peter Weir
5 On what holiday does the novel take place?
Valentine's Day

St. Patrick's Day

Christmas

Easter
6 What site do the girls travel to at the beginning of the novel?
Uluru

Alice Springs

Hanging Rock

The Pyramids
7 What does Mrs. Appleyard run?
A university

A boarding school

A kindergarten

A movie theater
8 What does Ms. McCraw teach?
Literature

Biology

Physics

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

Miranda

Edith

Marion
10 What is Miranda known for?
Being mean

Being smart

Being popular

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

Leopold

Appleyard

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

Eyewitness accounts

Impressionist art

Letters
13 Who directed the film adaptation of the novel?
Peter Weir

Sofia Coppola

Martin Scorcese

Nicholas Roeg
14 What is the genre of the novel?
Historical fiction

Gothic romance

Horror

Science fiction
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?
Marie Antoinette

The Beguiled

Picnic at Hanging Rock

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

Marion

Sara

Edith
18 Who tells Edith she is annoying?
Miranda

Miss McCraw

Sara

Marion
19 Who is known for being very smart?
Edith

Marion

Irma

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

Irma

Dora Lumley

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

A strange reptile

A portal to another dimension

An spaceship
22 What are the girls drawn towards?
A lizard

A koala

An owl

A monolith
23 What nests in Marion's arm?
A lizard

An ant

A spider

A beetle
24 What inspired the dreamy look of the film adaptation of the novel?
Weir's dreams

The films of David Lynch

Foggy days in the outback

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

First person

Third person

None of the above

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