Picnic at Hanging Rock Quizzes

Picnic at Hanging Rock Quiz 1

1 Where is the novel set?

Australia

Tasmania

New Zealand

The United States
2 When does the novel take place?

1920

1976

1975

1900
3 When was the novel published?

1900

1980

1901

1967
4 Who wrote the novel?

Joan Lindsay

Irma Leopold

Peter Weir

Nicholas Roeg
5 On what holiday does the novel take place?

St. Patrick's Day

Christmas

Valentine's Day

Easter
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 movie theater

A kindergarten

A university

A boarding school
8 What does Ms. McCraw teach?

Literature

Biology

Math

Physics
9 Who is the least popular girl at school?

Marion

Edith

Miranda

irma
10 What is Miranda known for?

Being popular

Being rich

Being mean

Being smart
11 What is Irma's last name?

Leopold

Appleyard

Weir

Melbourne
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?

Martin Scorcese

Nicholas Roeg

Peter Weir

Sofia Coppola
14 What is the genre of the novel?

Historical fiction

Horror

Gothic romance

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

Paul Thomas Anderson

Sofia Coppola

Kenneth Lonergan

Kelly Reichardt
16 Which of the following is NOT a film by Sofia Coppola?

The Beguiled

Marie Antoinette

The Virgin Suicides

Picnic at Hanging Rock
17 Who does NOT go up into the rocks?

Marion

Irma

Sara

Edith
18 Who tells Edith she is annoying?

Miranda

Sara

Marion

Miss McCraw
19 Who is known for being very smart?

Miranda

Irma

Edith

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

Irma

Miranda

Marion

Dora Lumley
21 What do the girls find in the rocks?

An spaceship

A strange reptile

A portal to another dimension

A circular platform
22 What are the girls drawn towards?

A lizard

A koala

A monolith

An owl
23 What nests in Marion's arm?

An ant

A spider

A beetle

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

Foggy days in the outback

The films of David Lynch

Impressionist paintings

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

Second person

Third person

First person

None of the above

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