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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 do the girls mean they say Miss Brodie has her prime?
2. When did the girls become the Brodie set?
3. For what is Jenny Gray known?
4. With whom does Miss Brodie have an appointment at the end of Chapter 2?
5. What does Miss Brodie say about her students?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what subject does Miss Brodie begin to take more interest and how does Miss Brodie get art supplies?
2. Who is in Miss Brodie’s set and for what is each of them known?
3. Who are talking to the girls at the beginning of Chapter 1 and how can the girls be distinguished?
4. What is the history lesson Miss Brodie gives the set that is told in the last part of the chapter?
5. What did the book call 1931 for the Brodie set?
6. How does Miss Brodie add to her tale of Hugh?
7. For what is Miss Brodie known at her school, and what are a few things she has taught her set?
8. What does Sandy call the police officer and how does this officer enter into Sandy’s life?
9. What happens to Jenny in 1931 and why does she talk to a police officer?
10. How does Miss Brodie view education?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Miss Brodie defines education: "ex, out, and duco, I lead. . . . To [her] education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul." She insists that she draws out what is in her students and does not put ideas in their heads.
Discuss your opinion of Miss Brodie’s ideas on education. Do you think every student could learn with Miss Brodie’s teaching style? Do you think it is true Miss Brodie does not put ideas in her students’ heads? Why or why not? Use examples from your own life and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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