Picnic at Hanging Rock Quizzes

Picnic at Hanging Rock Quiz 1

1 Where is the novel set?
New Zealand

Australia

Tasmania

The United States
2 When does the novel take place?
1976

1975

1920

1900
3 When was the novel published?
1901

1967

1980

1900
4 Who wrote the novel?
Irma Leopold

Joan Lindsay

Nicholas Roeg

Peter Weir
5 On what holiday does the novel take place?
Easter

Valentine's Day

Christmas

St. Patrick'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 boarding school

A university

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

Biology

Literature

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

irma

Edith

Miranda
10 What is Miranda known for?
Being smart

Being popular

Being mean

Being rich
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?
Letters

Impressionist art

Eyewitness accounts

Newspaper clippings
13 Who directed the film adaptation of the novel?
Martin Scorcese

Nicholas Roeg

Peter Weir

Sofia Coppola
14 What is the genre of the novel?
Gothic romance

Historical fiction

Horror

Science fiction
15 What filmmaker was heavily inspired by Picnic at Hanging Rock?
Sofia Coppola

Kenneth Lonergan

Kelly Reichardt

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?
Edith

Irma

Sara

Marion
18 Who tells Edith she is annoying?
Miss McCraw

Miranda

Marion

Sara
19 Who is known for being very smart?
Miranda

Edith

Marion

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

Miranda

Irma

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

A portal to another dimension

A circular platform

A strange reptile
22 What are the girls drawn towards?
An owl

A koala

A lizard

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

A spider

A lizard

An ant
24 What inspired the dreamy look of the film adaptation of the novel?
The films of David Lynch

Weir's dreams

Impressionist paintings

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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