Picnic at Hanging Rock Quizzes

Picnic at Hanging Rock Quiz 1

1 Where is the novel set?
New Zealand

Australia

Tasmania

The United States
2 When does the novel take place?
1900

1920

1976

1975
3 When was the novel published?
1967

1901

1980

1900
4 Who wrote the novel?
Nicholas Roeg

Peter Weir

Irma Leopold

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

Uluru

The Pyramids

Hanging Rock
7 What does Mrs. Appleyard run?
A kindergarten

A movie theater

A boarding school

A university
8 What does Ms. McCraw teach?
Biology

Math

Physics

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

irma

Marion

Miranda
10 What is Miranda known for?
Being rich

Being mean

Being smart

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

Melbourne

Leopold

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

Eyewitness accounts

Impressionist art

Letters
13 Who directed the film adaptation of the novel?
Nicholas Roeg

Peter Weir

Sofia Coppola

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

Historical fiction

Horror

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

Kelly Reichardt

Kenneth Lonergan

Paul Thomas Anderson
16 Which of the following is NOT a film by Sofia Coppola?
Marie Antoinette

The Beguiled

The Virgin Suicides

Picnic at Hanging Rock
17 Who does NOT go up into the rocks?
Irma

Marion

Edith

Sara
18 Who tells Edith she is annoying?
Miss McCraw

Sara

Marion

Miranda
19 Who is known for being very smart?
Marion

Edith

Miranda

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

Dora Lumley

Irma

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

An spaceship

A portal to another dimension

A strange reptile
22 What are the girls drawn towards?
A monolith

A lizard

An owl

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

A spider

A beetle

An ant
24 What inspired the dreamy look of the film adaptation of the novel?
Foggy days in the outback

Impressionist paintings

Weir's dreams

The films of David Lynch
25 What is the perspective of the novel?
First person

Third person

Second person

None of the above

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