Picnic at Hanging Rock Quizzes

Picnic at Hanging Rock Quiz 1

1 Where is the novel set?
The United States

New Zealand

Australia

Tasmania
2 When does the novel take place?
1900

1920

1975

1976
3 When was the novel published?
1900

1980

1967

1901
4 Who wrote the novel?
Peter Weir

Nicholas Roeg

Irma Leopold

Joan Lindsay
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

Hanging Rock

The Pyramids
7 What does Mrs. Appleyard run?
A movie theater

A kindergarten

A boarding school

A university
8 What does Ms. McCraw teach?
Math

Biology

Literature

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

Marion

Edith

irma
10 What is Miranda known for?
Being mean

Being smart

Being popular

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

Weir

Leopold

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

Impressionist art

Letters

Eyewitness accounts
13 Who directed the film adaptation of the novel?
Martin Scorcese

Peter Weir

Nicholas Roeg

Sofia Coppola
14 What is the genre of the novel?
Science fiction

Gothic romance

Historical fiction

Horror
15 What filmmaker was heavily inspired by Picnic at Hanging Rock?
Sofia Coppola

Kenneth Lonergan

Paul Thomas Anderson

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

Picnic at Hanging Rock

The Virgin Suicides

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

Edith

Marion

Irma
18 Who tells Edith she is annoying?
Marion

Sara

Miss McCraw

Miranda
19 Who is known for being very smart?
Edith

Irma

Marion

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

Marion

Dora Lumley

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

A portal to another dimension

An spaceship

A strange reptile
22 What are the girls drawn towards?
An owl

A lizard

A monolith

A koala
23 What nests in Marion's arm?
A lizard

A beetle

An ant

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

Foggy days in the outback

Weir's dreams

Impressionist paintings
25 What is the perspective of the novel?
First person

Second person

Third person

None of the above

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