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?
1920

1900

1976

1975
3 When was the novel published?
1967

1980

1901

1900
4 Who wrote the novel?
Peter Weir

Irma Leopold

Joan Lindsay

Nicholas Roeg
5 On what holiday does the novel take place?
Easter

St. Patrick's Day

Christmas

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

Alice Springs

Hanging Rock

Uluru
7 What does Mrs. Appleyard run?
A boarding school

A kindergarten

A university

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

Math

Literature

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

Marion

Miranda

irma
10 What is Miranda known for?
Being rich

Being mean

Being smart

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

Weir

Melbourne

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

Impressionist art

Letters

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

Sofia Coppola

Nicholas Roeg

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?
Paul Thomas Anderson

Kenneth Lonergan

Sofia Coppola

Kelly Reichardt
16 Which of the following is NOT a film by Sofia Coppola?
Marie Antoinette

The Virgin Suicides

The Beguiled

Picnic at Hanging Rock
17 Who does NOT go up into the rocks?
Sara

Edith

Marion

Irma
18 Who tells Edith she is annoying?
Marion

Miranda

Sara

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

Irma

Marion

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

Irma

Miranda

Marion
21 What do the girls find in the rocks?
An spaceship

A portal to another dimension

A strange reptile

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

A monolith

A lizard

An owl
23 What nests in Marion's arm?
A spider

A lizard

A beetle

An ant
24 What inspired the dreamy look of the film adaptation of the novel?
Weir's dreams

Impressionist paintings

Foggy days in the outback

The films of David Lynch
25 What is the perspective of the novel?
Third person

Second person

First person

None of the above

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