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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which girl of the set did poorly on her exams and spent a lot of time home studying?

2. Where does Joyce Emily go when she leaves school?

3. What motivates Joyce Emily to leave school?

4. What does Jenny believe about sex?

5. What does Miss Brodie think is special about Sandy Stranger?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sandy figure out about Miss Brodie and Mr. Lloyd concerning her and Rose?

2. About what does Miss Brodie confide to the girls when they are around fourteen years old?

3. What does Miss Brodie say to Sandy about Rose and Mr. Lloyd and what does Sandy realize when Miss Brodie says this?

4. What does Miss Brodie do on Sundays?

5. What does Miss Brodie question the girls about when they visit and what is she told about Rose?

6. What types of subjects do the girls take in the school year 1932 – 1933?

7. What ends Miss Brodie’s involvement with Mr. Lowther?

8. How many of the Brodie set are attending Blaine by the final year of school and where has the ones not attending gone?

9. What does Sandy think about Miss Brodie’s obsession with Mr. Lloyd?

10. What particular interest does Miss Brodie take in what the Kerr sisters do for Mr. Lowther?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Miss Brodie becomes the focus of the two male faculty members, Mr. Lloyd and Mr. Lowther. Monica Douglas catches Miss Brodie kissing the married art teacher, Mr. Lloyd, and Miss Brodie and Mr. Lowther are absent from school for two weeks during which time they become lovers. Miss Brodie takes more interest in the music classes, and when she needs art books from Mr. Lloyd's room, she sends Rose for them.

Discuss what is inappropriate about two teachers kissing in school. Do you think Miss Brodie is being immoral by starting an affair with another teacher and then attending his class so much? Why or why not? Use examples from your own life and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss the following:

Compare/contrast the characters of Sandy Stranger and Eunice Gardiner . How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples. Compare/contrast the characters of Miss Brodie and Miss Mackay. Compare and contrast Mr. Lloyd and Mr. Lowther. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?

Essay Topic 3

Do you think most people want a happy ending in a novel? Do you think The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie would qualify as a novel with a happy ending? Why or why not? What do you think are three reasons to read fiction and do you think The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie fulfills these three reasons? Why or why not?

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