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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 does/do the person(s) in question 78 think is going on with Rose?
2. Where does Sandy Stranger go to get her blouse cleaned?
3. Why do the girls think Mr. Lloyd has committed sex with his wife?
4. How long are Miss Brodie and Mr. Lowther absent from school?
5. About what book does Sandy Stranger daydream?
Short Essay Questions
1. What men become involved with Miss Brodie in some way in 1931?
2. What does Sandy realize about the school group and what does she think about as far as Mary Macgregor?
3. 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?
4. What did Monica Douglas see Miss Brodie doing and what happens with Miss Brodie and Mr. Lowther?
5. What does Sandy call the police officer and how does this officer enter into Sandy’s life?
6. What do Sandy and her guest think about concerning Mr. Lloyd?
7. How is Miss Brodie’s set viewed by others around them?
8. Who does Sandy Stranger invite for tea on Sandy’s tenth birthday and what do they eat and discuss about happiness and about Miss Brodie?
9. 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?
10. For what is Miss Brodie known at her school, and what are a few things she has taught her set?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The headmistress divides the Brodie set and separately questions the girls, hoping to obtain incriminating information about Miss Brodie. One by one Miss Mackay's schemes fail.
Do you think the headmistress is acting out of personal dislike for Miss Brodie? Why or why not? Why do you think the girls remain so loyal to Miss Brodie? Do you think Miss Brodie’s relationship with the girls is dysfunctional or immoral? Why or why not? Use examples from your own life and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Some members of the faculty think Miss Brodie's style would fit a more progressive school, but Miss Brodie, who is in her "prime," is intent on remaining at Blaine, where she works as "a leaven in the lump."
What do you think Miss Brodie means by being a “leaven in the lump”? Do you think she is too progressive for Blaine academy? Why or why not? What do you think of a teacher who is determined to stay at a school which clearly does not want her? Use examples from your own life and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Foreshadowing is used in almost all works of fiction. Discuss the following:
What is foreshadowing? Identify three instances of foreshadowing in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and what they foreshadow? How does foreshadowing contribute to a book's suspense? Are there any incidences that you thought foreshadows a future event, but it does not do so?
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