Picnic at Hanging Rock Quizzes

Picnic at Hanging Rock Quiz 1

1 Where is the novel set?
Australia

Tasmania

The United States

New Zealand
2 When does the novel take place?
1920

1975

1976

1900
3 When was the novel published?
1980

1967

1901

1900
4 Who wrote the novel?
Nicholas Roeg

Joan Lindsay

Irma Leopold

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

St. Patrick's Day

Easter

Christmas
6 What site do the girls travel to at the beginning of the novel?
Alice Springs

Uluru

The Pyramids

Hanging Rock
7 What does Mrs. Appleyard run?
A university

A boarding school

A kindergarten

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

Biology

Literature

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

Edith

Miranda

Marion
10 What is Miranda known for?
Being popular

Being smart

Being mean

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

Melbourne

Leopold

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

Letters

Eyewitness accounts

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?
Science fiction

Historical fiction

Gothic romance

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

Kenneth Lonergan

Sofia Coppola

Paul Thomas Anderson
16 Which of the following is NOT a film by Sofia Coppola?
The Beguiled

Picnic at Hanging Rock

Marie Antoinette

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

Marion

Irma

Edith
18 Who tells Edith she is annoying?
Sara

Miranda

Marion

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

Irma

Miranda

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

Irma

Marion

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

A strange reptile

An spaceship

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

A monolith

A koala

An owl
23 What nests in Marion's arm?
A spider

A beetle

An ant

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

Foggy days in the outback

Impressionist paintings

Weir's dreams
25 What is the perspective of the novel?
First person

Third person

Second person

None of the above

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