Picnic at Hanging Rock Quizzes

Picnic at Hanging Rock Quiz 1

1 Where is the novel set?

Tasmania

Australia

The United States

New Zealand
2 When does the novel take place?

1976

1900

1975

1920
3 When was the novel published?

1967

1980

1900

1901
4 Who wrote the novel?

Peter Weir

Irma Leopold

Nicholas Roeg

Joan Lindsay
5 On what holiday does the novel take place?

Valentine's Day

Christmas

Easter

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

Alice Springs

Hanging Rock

The Pyramids

Uluru
7 What does Mrs. Appleyard run?

A movie theater

A kindergarten

A boarding school

A university
8 What does Ms. McCraw teach?

Physics

Math

Biology

Literature
9 Who is the least popular girl at school?

Miranda

irma

Edith

Marion
10 What is Miranda known for?

Being smart

Being mean

Being rich

Being popular
11 What is Irma's last name?

Leopold

Appleyard

Melbourne

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

Eyewitness accounts

Letters

Impressionist art

Newspaper clippings
13 Who directed the film adaptation of the novel?

Nicholas Roeg

Martin Scorcese

Sofia Coppola

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

Kenneth Lonergan

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

Picnic at Hanging Rock

The Beguiled

Marie Antoinette

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

Edith

Sara

Marion

Irma
18 Who tells Edith she is annoying?

Marion

Sara

Miss McCraw

Miranda
19 Who is known for being very smart?

Miranda

Edith

Marion

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

Dora Lumley

Irma

Miranda

Marion
21 What do the girls find in the rocks?

A strange reptile

A circular platform

An spaceship

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

An ant

A beetle

A spider
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?

First person

Second person

Third person

None of the above

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