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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 are the first names of the Kerr sisters?

2. How does Mr. Lloyd feel about what Sandy has said to him?

3. What is Rose doing for Mr. Lloyd?

4. What discourages Mr. Lloyd from giving up teaching and preparing an exhibition?

5. What does Monica Douglas’s husband do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who quizzes the girls in 1937 about Miss Brodie and how do the girls feel about Miss Brodie by that year?

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

3. What does Sandy admit to a young man who visits her, who places flowers on Miss Brodie’s grave and what does Sandy say to Monica Douglas about the betrayal of Miss Brodie?

4. What does Sandy say to Mr. Lloyd about his paintings and what is his response?

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

6. Where does Miss Brodie vacation in the school year 1932 – 1933 and what does she say when she returns from vacation?

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

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

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

10. Why does the headmistress divide the set and how does what she does work out for her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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