Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay

Question 1

Anachronistic/ism

Answer 1

Something that is out of place.

Question 2

Hegemony

Answer 2

One thing having more power, control or importance than others.

Question 3

Inscrutable

Answer 3

Impossible to understand or full penetrate.

Question 4

Latent

Answer 4

Hidden.

Question 5

Mimicry

Answer 5

Act of mimicking.

Question 6

Sardonic

Answer 6

Humorously critical. Comically biting.

Question 7

Soporific

Answer 7

Hypnotic. Makes you feel drowsy or sleepy.

Question 8

Austere

Answer 8

Strict.

Question 9

Carnal

Answer 9

Physical esp. sexual needs and activites.

Question 10

Efface

Answer 10

Destroy or remove.

Question 11

Factitious

Answer 11

Artificial.

Question 12

Moribund

Answer 12

Point of dying. In a very bad condition.

Question 13

Pernicious

Answer 13

Harmful. Malice.

Question 14

Purport (to)

Answer 14

Claim to do or be.

Question 15

Adumbrate

Answer 15

Outline or foreshadow.

Question 16

Bastion

Answer 16

Important and effective in defending that way of life.

Question 17

Denigrate

Answer 17

Unfairly criticise or insult.

Question 18

Denude

Answer 18

To denude someone or something of a particular thing means to take it away from them.

Question 19

Extol

Answer 19

Praise enthusiastically.

Question 20

Illusory

Answer 20

If you describe something as illusory, you mean that although it seems true or possible, it is in fact false or impossible.

Question 21

Ostensibly

Answer 21

Apparently. Seemingly.

Question 22

Parochialism

Answer 22

Limited. Narrow outlook.

Question 23

2 central concerns

Answer 23

1. Repression vs freedom (female agency).
2. Nature vs civilization (colonization).