Cambridge &amp; Pearson Edexcel Past Paper Questions

Or 12 When he meets her again after a long time, Jim says to Ántonia: 'You really are a part of me.' How does Cather vividly convey the truth of t...

Either 13 Read this extract, and then answer the question that follows it: Removing her eyes from him, she sat so long looking silently towards th...

Or 14 Does Dickens make it possible for you to have any sympathy for young Tom Gradgrind throughout the novel?

Either 15 Read this extract, and then answer the question that follows it: Did Stephen understand at last who it was down there in the darkness, w...

Or 16 'How adults behave among themselves is a mystery,' says Stephen. How does Frayn vividly convey Stephen's lack of understanding of adults?

Either 17 Read this extract, and then answer the question that follows it: The other sort of native was the kind that Thornhill had met on that fi...

Or 18 In what ways does Grenville portray Sal as heroic?

Either 19 Read this extract, and then answer the question that follows it: I stood at the bathroom doorway and grimly waited. She finished the chi...

Or 20 How does Narayan's writing memorably depict the lives of women in Malgudi?

Either 21 Read this extract from The People Before (by Maurice Shadbolt), and then answer the question that follows it: He had a police party out,...

Or 22 Explore the ways in which the writer creates a strong sense of place in either To Da-duh, in Memoriam (by Paule Marshall) or Billennium (by J...

To what extent do you feel that the writers bring the play to a satisfying conclusion?

To what extent does Miller make you feel that Eddie is responsible for his own death at the end of the play?

TERENCE RATTIGAN: The Winslow Boy Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this passage carefully, and then answer the qu...

How far does Rattigan persuade you to admire Arthur Winslow's fight for justice?

How does Shakespeare's portrayal of King Henry's former companions from the Boar's Head Tavern contribute to the dramatic impact of the play?

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Macbeth Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this passage carefully, and then answer the questio...

In what ways does Shakespeare make the relationship between Macbeth and Banquo so compelling?

SONGS OF OURSELVES VOLUME 1: from Part 5 Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 1 Read this poem, and then answer th...

Meeting at Night The grey sea and the long black land; And the yellow half-moon large and low; And the startled little waves that leap In fiery ri...

SONGS OF OURSELVES VOLUME 2: from Part 2 Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 3 Read this poem, and then answer th...

The Buck in the Snow White sky, over the hemlocks bowed with snow, Saw you not at the beginning of evening the antlered buck and his doe Standing ...

GILLIAN CLARKE: from Collected Poems Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 5 Read this poem, and then answer the qu...

Heron at Port Talbot Snow falls on the cooling towers delicately settling on cranes. Machinery's old bones whiten; death settles with its rusts, i...

JANE AUSTEN: Mansfield Park Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 7 Read this extract, and then answer the question...

What does Austen's portrayal of Mrs Norris encourage you to feel about her?

WILLA CATHER: My Ántonia Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 9 Read this extract, and then answer the question th...

How far does Cather persuade you that Ántonia has a happy and satisfying life?

ANITA DESAI: In Custody Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 11 Read this extract, and then answer the question th...

Does Desai's writing make it possible for you to have any admiration for Murad?

CHARLES DICKENS: Hard Times Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 13 Read this extract, and then answer the questio...

In what ways does Dickens make the marriage between Louisa and Bounderby so disturbing?

KATE GRENVILLE: The Secret River Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 15 Read this extract, and then answer the qu...

How does Grenville strikingly convey the growing conflict between Will and Sal at Thornhill's Point?

JOHN KNOWLES: A Separate Peace Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 17 Read this extract, and then answer the ques...

Does Knowles convince you that Gene is entirely honest in his feelings towards Finny?

ALAN PATON: Cry, the Beloved Country Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 19 Read this extract, and then answer th...

In what ways does Paton's writing create a vivid picture of Ndotsheni?

from Stories of Ourselves Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 21 Read this extract from The Lemon Orchard (by Ale...

In what ways does MacLaverty powerfully convey tensions in the relationship between the boy and his Aunt Mary in Secrets?

Read this passage carefully, and then answer the question that follows it: Walter [to RUTH]: Well, they look crazy as hell-white shoes, cold as i...

Explore the ways in which Hansberry makes the generation gap between Mama and her children such a powerful part of the play.

Read this passage carefully, and then answer the question that follows it: Beatrice [never losing her aroused alarm]: Sit down, honey, I want to ...

How does Miller make betrayal such a powerful part of the play?

Read this passage carefully, and then answer the question that follows it: John: What about the way your father looks at me! Tell me, are all you...

How does Rattigan make the Winslow family's employment of Sir Robert Morton a striking part of the play?

Read this passage carefully, and then answer the question that follows it: Lady Macbeth: Nought's had, all's spent, Where our desire is got wit...

At the end of the play Malcolm describes Macbeth as a 'butcher'. To what extent does Shakespeare's portrayal of Macbeth make you agree with this de...

Read this passage carefully, and then answer the question that follows it: Juliet: Now, good sweet nurse O Lord, why look'st thou sad? Though n...