Picnic at Hanging Rock Quizzes

Picnic at Hanging Rock Quiz 1

1 Where is the novel set?

Tasmania

New Zealand

The United States

Australia
2 When does the novel take place?

1976

1975

1900

1920
3 When was the novel published?

1901

1967

1900

1980
4 Who wrote the novel?

Peter Weir

Irma Leopold

Nicholas Roeg

Joan Lindsay
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

Hanging Rock

Uluru

Alice Springs
7 What does Mrs. Appleyard run?

A boarding school

A kindergarten

A movie theater

A university
8 What does Ms. McCraw teach?

Math

Physics

Literature

Biology
9 Who is the least popular girl at school?

irma

Miranda

Edith

Marion
10 What is Miranda known for?

Being smart

Being rich

Being mean

Being popular
11 What is Irma's last name?

Melbourne

Appleyard

Leopold

Weir
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

Nicholas Roeg

Sofia Coppola

Peter Weir
14 What is the genre of the novel?

Historical fiction

Gothic romance

Science fiction

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

Paul Thomas Anderson

Kelly Reichardt

Kenneth Lonergan

Sofia Coppola
16 Which of the following is NOT a film by Sofia Coppola?

The Beguiled

Marie Antoinette

Picnic at Hanging Rock

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

Sara

Edith

Irma

Marion
18 Who tells Edith she is annoying?

Miranda

Miss McCraw

Marion

Sara
19 Who is known for being very smart?

Miranda

Edith

Irma

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

Marion

Irma

Miranda

Dora Lumley
21 What do the girls find in the rocks?

A portal to another dimension

A circular platform

An spaceship

A strange reptile
22 What are the girls drawn towards?

An owl

A monolith

A koala

A lizard
23 What nests in Marion's arm?

A lizard

An ant

A spider

A beetle
24 What inspired the dreamy look of the film adaptation of the novel?

The films of David Lynch

Weir's dreams

Foggy days in the outback

Impressionist paintings
25 What is the perspective of the novel?

Second person

Third person

First person

None of the above

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