Picnic at Hanging Rock Quizzes

Picnic at Hanging Rock Quiz 1

1 Where is the novel set?
New Zealand

Australia

The United States

Tasmania
2 When does the novel take place?
1900

1975

1920

1976
3 When was the novel published?
1967

1901

1980

1900
4 Who wrote the novel?
Nicholas Roeg

Joan Lindsay

Irma Leopold

Peter Weir
5 On what holiday does the novel take place?
Christmas

Valentine's Day

St. Patrick's Day

Easter
6 What site do the girls travel to at the beginning of the novel?
The Pyramids

Alice Springs

Hanging Rock

Uluru
7 What does Mrs. Appleyard run?
A movie theater

A boarding school

A university

A kindergarten
8 What does Ms. McCraw teach?
Math

Biology

Physics

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

Miranda

Marion

Edith
10 What is Miranda known for?
Being rich

Being smart

Being mean

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

Weir

Leopold

Appleyard
12 Which of the following is NOT included in the text of the novel?
Impressionist art

Eyewitness accounts

Newspaper clippings

Letters
13 Who directed the film adaptation of the novel?
Martin Scorcese

Peter Weir

Sofia Coppola

Nicholas Roeg
14 What is the genre of the novel?
Historical fiction

Science fiction

Gothic romance

Horror
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?
Marie Antoinette

The Beguiled

Picnic at Hanging Rock

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

Irma

Marion

Edith
18 Who tells Edith she is annoying?
Marion

Miranda

Sara

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

Edith

Irma

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

Dora Lumley

Miranda

Marion
21 What do the girls find in the rocks?
A portal to another dimension

A strange reptile

A circular platform

An spaceship
22 What are the girls drawn towards?
A monolith

A koala

A lizard

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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