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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 two languages does one of the set study?

2. What does Sandy say about current events to the headmistress?

3. At what career does Miss Brodie say Sandy would be good?

4. How does Joyce Emily get to school?

5. On what subject does Miss Brodie question the girls when they visit her at Mr. Lowther’s house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Sandy end up becoming and what book does Sandy write? Who tends to visit Sandy after her book is published?

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

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

5. What does Miss Brodie tell Sandy about being betrayed and what is Sandy’s reply?

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

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

8. What does Sandy see as the difference between Mr. Lloyd’s paintings of his family and of the students?

9. What does Miss Brodie do on Sundays?

10. What types of subjects do the girls take in the school year 1932 – 1933?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Characters are an important part of what makes The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie interesting. Discuss the following:

Thoroughly discuss and analyze Miss Brodie. What are her strengths and weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she usually likable? Seldom likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas. Use the same criteria to thoroughly discuss and analyze Sandy and Mr. Lloyd.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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