Picnic at Hanging Rock Quizzes

Picnic at Hanging Rock Quiz 1

1 Where is the novel set?
Tasmania

Australia

New Zealand

The United States
2 When does the novel take place?
1920

1976

1900

1975
3 When was the novel published?
1901

1900

1980

1967
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

Easter

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

The Pyramids

Uluru

Alice Springs
7 What does Mrs. Appleyard run?
A kindergarten

A university

A movie theater

A boarding school
8 What does Ms. McCraw teach?
Biology

Literature

Math

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

Edith

irma

Marion
10 What is Miranda known for?
Being rich

Being smart

Being mean

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

Leopold

Melbourne

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

Impressionist art

Eyewitness accounts

Letters
13 Who directed the film adaptation of the novel?
Peter Weir

Sofia Coppola

Nicholas Roeg

Martin Scorcese
14 What is the genre of the novel?
Gothic romance

Science fiction

Historical fiction

Horror
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?
Picnic at Hanging Rock

The Beguiled

Marie Antoinette

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

Irma

Sara

Edith
18 Who tells Edith she is annoying?
Miranda

Sara

Miss McCraw

Marion
19 Who is known for being very smart?
Irma

Edith

Marion

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

Dora Lumley

Marion

Miranda
21 What do the girls find in the rocks?
A strange reptile

An spaceship

A portal to another dimension

A circular platform
22 What are the girls drawn towards?
A monolith

A koala

An owl

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

An ant

A lizard

A beetle
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?
Third person

First person

Second person

None of the above

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