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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. What is distinctive, physically, about Mr. Lloyd?

2. What does Miss Brodie reveal to the set at dinner?

3. What happens when Miss Brodie and Mr. Lowther are gone from school?

4. Who does Miss Brodie tell about her attachment to two male teachers?

5. What do some members of the faculty think of Miss Brodie’s teaching style?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Sandy and her guest think about concerning Mr. Lloyd?

2. What is Miss Brodie’s set doing by the opening of Chapter 1, why do they stay connected and how does the headmistress view their relationship with Miss Brodie?

3. What did Monica Douglas see Miss Brodie doing and what happens with Miss Brodie and Mr. Lowther?

4. How does Mary Macgregor die and what event is shown at the same time her death is shown?

5. Who are the girls at the beginning of Chapter 1?

6. How does Miss Brodie add to her tale of Hugh?

7. What does Sandy call the police officer and how does this officer enter into Sandy’s life?

8. When does Sandy Stranger find out about Miss Brodie and male faculty members and how does she find this out?

9. For what is Miss Brodie known at her school, and what are a few things she has taught her set?

10. Why does Miss Brodie invite the girls to dinner in Chapter 1, how does the staff at the school feel about Miss Brodie, and why does she stay at Blaine?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sandy tells Miss Mackay that Miss Brodie is a born fascist. Once revealed, this political position forces Miss Brodie to resign at the end of that school year. Ironically, as she wonders which of the students betrayed her, Miss Brodie tells Sandy that Sandy alone is "exempt from suspicion." To which Sandy replies: "If you did not betray us it is impossible that you could have been betrayed by us."

Do you think Miss Brodie’s political views should have been enough to force her to retire? Do you think a school has the right to tell a teacher what political views are wrong? Discuss the irony of Miss Brodie’s attitude towards Sandy and Miss Brodie’s thoughts on being betrayed by one of her students. Use examples from your own life and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Trace and analyze one major theme of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

Essay Topic 3

Often, authors will write about what they know, and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:

Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Muriel Spark. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Spark's agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Spark's probable agenda concerning that idea.

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