Picnic at Hanging Rock Quizzes

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Picnic at Hanging Rock Quiz 1

1 Where is the novel set?

Tasmania

New Zealand

Australia

The United States
2 When does the novel take place?

1975

1920

1976

1900
3 When was the novel published?

1980

1967

1900

1901
4 Who wrote the novel?

Joan Lindsay

Nicholas Roeg

Peter Weir

Irma Leopold
5 On what holiday does the novel take place?

St. Patrick's Day

Christmas

Valentine's Day

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

The Pyramids

Uluru

Hanging Rock

Alice Springs
7 What does Mrs. Appleyard run?

A boarding school

A university

A movie theater

A kindergarten
8 What does Ms. McCraw teach?

Literature

Biology

Physics

Math
9 Who is the least popular girl at school?

Miranda

Marion

irma

Edith
10 What is Miranda known for?

Being mean

Being rich

Being popular

Being smart
11 What is Irma's last name?

Appleyard

Melbourne

Leopold

Weir
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?

Peter Weir

Sofia Coppola

Nicholas Roeg

Martin Scorcese
14 What is the genre of the novel?

Science fiction

Historical fiction

Gothic romance

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?

The Beguiled

The Virgin Suicides

Marie Antoinette

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

Marion

Irma

Sara

Edith
18 Who tells Edith she is annoying?

Sara

Marion

Miss McCraw

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

Miranda

Irma
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 lizard

A koala

A monolith

An owl
23 What nests in Marion's arm?

A spider

A lizard

A beetle

An ant
24 What inspired the dreamy look of the film adaptation of the novel?

Impressionist paintings

Weir's dreams

The films of David Lynch

Foggy days in the outback
25 What is the perspective of the novel?

Third person

Second person

First person

None of the above

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