Picnic at Hanging Rock Quizzes

Picnic at Hanging Rock Quiz 1

1 Where is the novel set?
The United States

Tasmania

New Zealand

Australia
2 When does the novel take place?
1975

1976

1900

1920
3 When was the novel published?
1980

1901

1900

1967
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?
Alice Springs

Hanging Rock

The Pyramids

Uluru
7 What does Mrs. Appleyard run?
A kindergarten

A university

A boarding school

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

Physics

Math

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

Marion

irma

Miranda
10 What is Miranda known for?
Being smart

Being mean

Being rich

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

Leopold

Weir

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

Letters

Eyewitness accounts

Impressionist art
13 Who directed the film adaptation of the novel?
Sofia Coppola

Nicholas Roeg

Martin Scorcese

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

Gothic romance

Horror

Historical fiction
15 What filmmaker was heavily inspired by Picnic at Hanging Rock?
Kelly Reichardt

Kenneth Lonergan

Sofia Coppola

Paul Thomas Anderson
16 Which of the following is NOT a film by Sofia Coppola?
Picnic at Hanging Rock

The Virgin Suicides

Marie Antoinette

The Beguiled
17 Who does NOT go up into the rocks?
Irma

Sara

Marion

Edith
18 Who tells Edith she is annoying?
Sara

Miss McCraw

Miranda

Marion
19 Who is known for being very smart?
Irma

Miranda

Marion

Edith
20 Who is known for being very wealthy and beautiful?
Dora Lumley

Irma

Marion

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

A portal to another dimension

An spaceship

A circular platform
22 What are the girls drawn towards?
An owl

A koala

A lizard

A monolith
23 What nests in Marion's arm?
An ant

A lizard

A beetle

A spider
24 What inspired the dreamy look of the film adaptation of the novel?
Foggy days in the outback

The films of David Lynch

Weir's dreams

Impressionist paintings
25 What is the perspective of the novel?
First person

Second person

Third person

None of the above

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