Picnic at Hanging Rock Quizzes

Picnic at Hanging Rock Quiz 1

1 Where is the novel set?
New Zealand

Tasmania

The United States

Australia
2 When does the novel take place?
1900

1976

1920

1975
3 When was the novel published?
1900

1980

1901

1967
4 Who wrote the novel?
Peter Weir

Irma Leopold

Joan Lindsay

Nicholas Roeg
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?
Uluru

The Pyramids

Alice Springs

Hanging Rock
7 What does Mrs. Appleyard run?
A boarding school

A kindergarten

A university

A movie theater
8 What does Ms. McCraw teach?
Physics

Biology

Literature

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

Marion

Miranda

Edith
10 What is Miranda known for?
Being rich

Being smart

Being mean

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

Leopold

Appleyard

Melbourne
12 Which of the following is NOT included in the text of the novel?
Eyewitness accounts

Letters

Impressionist art

Newspaper clippings
13 Who directed the film adaptation of the novel?
Nicholas Roeg

Sofia Coppola

Martin Scorcese

Peter Weir
14 What is the genre of the novel?
Historical fiction

Horror

Science fiction

Gothic romance
15 What filmmaker was heavily inspired by Picnic at Hanging Rock?
Kenneth Lonergan

Paul Thomas Anderson

Kelly Reichardt

Sofia Coppola
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?
Edith

Irma

Sara

Marion
18 Who tells Edith she is annoying?
Miranda

Miss McCraw

Marion

Sara
19 Who is known for being very smart?
Edith

Marion

Irma

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

Marion

Irma

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

A strange reptile

An spaceship

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

An owl

A lizard

A monolith
23 What nests in Marion's arm?
A beetle

A lizard

A spider

An ant
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?
Second person

First person

Third person

None of the above

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