Cambridge & Pearson Edexcel Past Paper Questions
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Explore the endings of two poems in the selection from Part 3 which you find particularly memorable. By close reference to the poets' words, show w...
Read the following extract, and then answer the question that follows it: I was going to the Grange one evening a dark evening threatening thunder ...
How far do you think Brontë makes it possible to sympathise with Heathcliff? Support your ideas with details from the novel.
You are Linton Heathcliff. You are in bed on your first night at Wuthering Heights. Write your thoughts.
Read the following extract from Pineapple Cake, and then answer the question that follows it: Victor was a nervous rather than rebellious child. Bu...
Explore one short story in which Desai vividly conveys to you the sadness of people's lives. Support your views with details from the writing. (Do ...
You are Rakesh in A Devoted Son. You have just taken your parents to see your new clinic. Write your thoughts.
Read the following extract, and then answer the question that follows it: 'The children belong to the families of Golema Mmidi,' Dinorego said, smi...
Dinorego says 'In my village people have long been ready to try out new ideas'. How does the novel make this particularly vivid for you? Support yo...
You are Chief Matenge. George Appleby-Smith has just refused to remove Makhaya from the village. Write your thoughts.
Read the following extract, and then answer the question that follows it: When they met again, two days later, it was Gatsby who was breathless, wh...
Do you think that Fitzgerald presents Jordan Baker as a likeable character? Support your views with details from the novel.
You are Gatsby on your way to meet Daisy for tea at Nick's house. Write your thoughts.
Read the following extract, and then answer the question that follows it: Andrew Hale was a ruddy man with a big grey moustache and a stubbly doubl...
Explore the ways in which Wharton vividly portrays the growing attraction between Ethan and Mattie.
You are Zeena. You have just been informed that your husband and Mattie have been seriously injured in a sled accident. Write your thoughts.
Read the following extract from On Her Knees, and then answer the question that follows it: Mum came in while I was on my knees still vacuuming the...
What do you find particularly intriguing about the way in which these two stories begin? Meteor (by John Wyndham) There Will Come Soft Rains (by Ra...
You are Helen in The Third and Final Continent. You are on your way back to Arlington at the end of the story. Write your thoughts.
SECTION A: DRAMA ARTHUR MILLER: Death of a Salesman Read this extract, and then answer the question that follows it: Biff: Because I know he's a fa...
SECTION A: DRAMA ARTHUR MILLER: Death of a Salesman
CHARLOTTE KEATLEY: My Mother Said I Never Should
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Much Ado About Nothing
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Richard III Read this extract, and then answer the question that follows it: Anne: And I with all unwillingness will go. O, wo...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Richard III
R.C.SHERRIFF: Journey's End Read this extract, and then answer the question that follows it: The German Boy, calm now, bows stiffly to the Colonel ...
R.C.SHERRIFF: Journey's End
SECTION B: POETRY ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON: Poems Read this extract from In Memoriam, and then answer the question that follows it: Ring out, wild bel...
SECTION B: POETRY ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON: Poems
SECTION B: POETRY Songs of Ourselves: from Part 3
SECTION C: PROSE EMILY BRONTË: Wuthering Heights Read this extract, and then answer the question that follows it: 'Ah! you are come, are you, Edgar...
SECTION C: PROSE EMILY BRONTË: Wuthering Heights
ANITA DESAI: Games at Twilight and Other Stories Read this extract from Studies in the Park, and then answer the question that follows it: - Turn i...
ANITA DESAI: Games at Twilight and Other Stories
BESSIE HEAD: When Rain Clouds Gather
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD: The Great Gatsby Read this extract, and then answer the question that follows it: There was a small picture of Gatsby, also in...
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD: The Great Gatsby
EDITH WHARTON: Ethan Frome Read this extract, and then answer the question that follows it: As he reached the door he met Zeena coming back into th...
EDITH WHARTON: Ethan Frome
from Stories of Ourselves Read the following extract from The Signalman, and then answer the question that follows it: Next evening was a lovely ev...
from Stories of Ourselves
Read this extract, and then answer the question that follows it: Willy: [without hesitation] Hurry downstairs and – Biff: Somebody in there? Willy...
'Miller makes Linda almost as responsible for Willy’s failure as Willy himself.' Do you agree? Support your ideas with details from the writing.
You are Willy going home after having been sacked by Howard. Write your thoughts.
Read this extract, and then answer the question that follows it: Leonato: Are these things spoken, or do I but dream? Don John: Sir, they are spok...
How far do you think Shakespeare makes Beatrice an admirable heroine? Refer closely to the play in support of your answer.
You are Leonato. You have just been told by the Watch that Borachio has been arrested and you are on your way to talk to Margaret. Write your thou...
Read this extract, and then answer the question that follows it: Caesar: Are we all ready? What is now amiss That Caesar and his Senate must redre...
Which of the two women in the play do you feel more sympathy for: Calphurnia or Portia? Support your ideas with details from the writing.
You are Cassius after Brutus has agreed that Antony will speak at Caesar’s funeral. Write your thoughts.