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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 Mr. Lloyd tell Sandy she is for her age?

2. What does Sandy think of Mr. Lloyd’s paintings of Rose?

3. What does Mr. Lowther want a wife to do?

4. What does Miss Brodie say to the girls about Mr. Lowther and herself?

5. What does Sandy say Mr. Lloyd’s paintings reveal about the man?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Miss Brodie’s aspirations for Sandy and Rose turn out?

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

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

4. What does Miss Brodie do on Sundays?

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

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

7. What happens to Joyce Emily and why?

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

9. Of what does Sandy feel deprived and who is influenced by this?

10. What do the Kerr sisters tell the headmistress about concerning Mr. Lowther?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Choose two significant symbols and trace and analyze their appearance in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Are these universal symbols that would have the same meaning in any culture? What other symbols could portray the same idea? Why do you think Spark chooses the symbols he does? Consider symbols such as the guava tree, the monkey troupe, and the Hungry Hop boy, and Kulfi’s hunger.

Essay Topic 3

Identify the protagonists of the story and why you believe they are such? Identify the antagonists of the story and why you believe they are such? Which three secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot? Which, if any, characters are not essential to the story? Explain.

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