Picnic at Hanging Rock Quizzes

Picnic at Hanging Rock Quiz 1

1 Where is the novel set?

The United States

Australia

New Zealand

Tasmania
2 When does the novel take place?

1920

1976

1900

1975
3 When was the novel published?

1901

1980

1900

1967
4 Who wrote the novel?

Nicholas Roeg

Irma Leopold

Peter Weir

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

Christmas

Easter

Valentine's Day

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

Alice Springs

The Pyramids

Hanging Rock

Uluru
7 What does Mrs. Appleyard run?

A kindergarten

A university

A boarding school

A movie theater
8 What does Ms. McCraw teach?

Math

Literature

Physics

Biology
9 Who is the least popular girl at school?

Miranda

Edith

Marion

irma
10 What is Miranda known for?

Being popular

Being smart

Being rich

Being mean
11 What is Irma's last name?

Weir

Appleyard

Melbourne

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

Impressionist art

Newspaper clippings

Eyewitness accounts

Letters
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?

Historical fiction

Horror

Gothic romance

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

Sofia Coppola

Kelly Reichardt

Paul Thomas Anderson

Kenneth Lonergan
16 Which of the following is NOT a film by Sofia Coppola?

The Virgin Suicides

Picnic at Hanging Rock

The Beguiled

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

Sara

Irma

Marion

Edith
18 Who tells Edith she is annoying?

Miranda

Sara

Marion

Miss McCraw
19 Who is known for being very smart?

Miranda

Marion

Edith

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

Miranda

Dora Lumley

Irma

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 lizard

A monolith

A koala

An owl
23 What nests in Marion's arm?

An ant

A spider

A lizard

A beetle
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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