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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 is the year in which Chapter 1 begins?
2. Who notices that Rose is changed?
3. For what is Miss Jean Brodie most known?
4. Where does Mr. Lowther live?
5. How old was Hugh when he was killed?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens when Miss Mackay approaches after Miss Brodie has told the history lesson and what does Miss Brodie say about it?
2. What does Mary Macgregor do right after World War II starts and how does she get along with her boyfriend? Do any patterns from your youth still occur?
3. What is the history lesson Miss Brodie gives the set that is told in the last part of the chapter?
4. What did Monica Douglas see Miss Brodie doing and what happens with Miss Brodie and Mr. Lowther?
5. For what is Miss Brodie known at her school, and what are a few things she has taught her set?
6. How does Mary Macgregor die and what event is shown at the same time her death is shown?
7. Who notices changes in Rose and what do they think about those changes?
8. In what subject does Miss Brodie begin to take more interest and how does Miss Brodie get art supplies?
9. What did the book call 1931 for the Brodie set?
10. Who is in Miss Brodie’s set and for what is each of them known?
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
Miss Brodie defines education: "ex, out, and duco, I lead. . . . To [her] education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul." She insists that she draws out what is in her students and does not put ideas in their heads.
Discuss your opinion of Miss Brodie’s ideas on education. Do you think every student could learn with Miss Brodie’s teaching style? Do you think it is true Miss Brodie does not put ideas in her students’ heads? Why or why not? Use examples from your own life and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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