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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. How do the girls see Miss Brodie as they get older?

2. What does Mr. Lloyd tell Sandy she is for her age?

3. How does the headmistress divide the girls in the set?

4. How many of the Brodie set visits Miss Brodie at Mr. Lowther’s house at a time?

5. To whom does Miss Brodie compare Hitler?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. For what special circumstance does Miss Brodie chose Sandy and why?

3. Upon whom does Miss Brodie say all of Miss Brodie’s ambitions are fixed and why?

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

5. How does Sandy end up helping Miss Mackay get rid of Miss Brodie?

6. What do Sandy Stranger and Jenny Gray say about sex in their first year of senior school?

7. How does Mr. Lowther feel about his marriage and how does he feel about Miss Brodie?

8. What does Miss Brodie do on Sundays?

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

10. What does Mr. Lowther receive from the Kerr sisters and when does it begin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:

What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven or action driven? Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why? Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character are developed to the same degree? Why or why not? What type of plot do you think The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is? Explain your response.

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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