Picnic at Hanging Rock Quizzes

Picnic at Hanging Rock Quiz 1

1 Where is the novel set?
Australia

New Zealand

The United States

Tasmania
2 When does the novel take place?
1975

1976

1900

1920
3 When was the novel published?
1980

1901

1900

1967
4 Who wrote the novel?
Irma Leopold

Nicholas Roeg

Joan Lindsay

Peter Weir
5 On what holiday does the novel take place?
St. Patrick's Day

Easter

Christmas

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

The Pyramids

Alice Springs

Uluru
7 What does Mrs. Appleyard run?
A kindergarten

A university

A boarding school

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

Physics

Literature

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

irma

Miranda

Edith
10 What is Miranda known for?
Being rich

Being smart

Being mean

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

Melbourne

Weir

Leopold
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?
Nicholas Roeg

Peter Weir

Martin Scorcese

Sofia Coppola
14 What is the genre of the novel?
Historical fiction

Gothic romance

Science fiction

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

Kelly Reichardt

Kenneth Lonergan

Sofia Coppola
16 Which of the following is NOT a film by Sofia Coppola?
Picnic at Hanging Rock

The Beguiled

The Virgin Suicides

Marie Antoinette
17 Who does NOT go up into the rocks?
Irma

Edith

Marion

Sara
18 Who tells Edith she is annoying?
Miss McCraw

Miranda

Marion

Sara
19 Who is known for being very smart?
Irma

Edith

Miranda

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

Marion

Dora Lumley

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

A portal to another dimension

A strange reptile

An spaceship
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 lizard

A beetle

A spider
24 What inspired the dreamy look of the film adaptation of the novel?
The films of David Lynch

Weir's dreams

Impressionist paintings

Foggy days in the outback
25 What is the perspective of the novel?
Second person

First person

Third person

None of the above

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