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Picnic at Hanging Rock Quiz 1

1 Where is the novel set?
New Zealand

Tasmania

Australia

The United States
2 When does the novel take place?
1920

1900

1976

1975
3 When was the novel published?
1901

1900

1980

1967
4 Who wrote the novel?
Peter Weir

Irma Leopold

Nicholas Roeg

Joan Lindsay
5 On what holiday does the novel take place?
Christmas

St. Patrick's Day

Easter

Valentine's Day
6 What site do the girls travel to at the beginning of the novel?
Alice Springs

The Pyramids

Hanging Rock

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?
irma

Edith

Marion

Miranda
10 What is Miranda known for?
Being popular

Being rich

Being mean

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

Leopold

Melbourne

Appleyard
12 Which of the following is NOT included in the text of the novel?
Impressionist art

Eyewitness accounts

Letters

Newspaper clippings
13 Who directed the film adaptation of the novel?
Peter Weir

Sofia Coppola

Martin Scorcese

Nicholas Roeg
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?
Kenneth Lonergan

Sofia Coppola

Kelly Reichardt

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

The Beguiled

The Virgin Suicides

Marie Antoinette
17 Who does NOT go up into the rocks?
Marion

Sara

Irma

Edith
18 Who tells Edith she is annoying?
Miranda

Marion

Sara

Miss McCraw
19 Who is known for being very smart?
Irma

Miranda

Edith

Marion
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 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?
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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