Cambridge & Pearson Edexcel Past Paper Questions
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Read this poem, and then answer the question that follows it: No Buyers A STREET SCENE A load of brushes and baskets and cradles and chairs Labo...
from JO PHILLIPS ed: Poems Deep & Dangerous Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this poem, and then answer the que...
How does Jennings movingly convey her feelings about her parents to you in One Flesh? One Flesh Lying apart now, each in a separate bed, He with ...
SONGS OF OURSELVES: from Part 4 Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this poem, and then answer the question that f...
Explore the ways in which Halligan uses words and images vividly in The Cockroach. The Cockroach I watched a giant cockroach start to pace, Skirt...
JANE AUSTEN: Northanger Abbey Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this extract, and then answer the question that ...
Who does Austen's writing persuade you is the villain of the novel – and why?
TSITSI DANGAREMBGA: Nervous Conditions Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read the following extract, and then answer ...
To what extent does Dangarembga's writing make you feel that Tambu loses something of value by trying to gain an education?
ANITA DESAI: Fasting, Feasting Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this extract, and then answer the question that...
How does Desai's writing make Anamika so memorable and significant in the novel?
HELEN DUNMORE: The Siege Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this extract, and then answer the question that follo...
What does Dunmore's writing make you feel about the way the Russian Government affects the lives of two of the following characters in the novel? ...
GEORGE ELIOT: Silas Marner Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this extract, and then answer the question that fol...
How does Eliot vividly portray Silas's loneliness before Eppie comes into his life?
SUSAN HILL: I'm the King of the Castle Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this extract, and then answer the quest...
How does Hill's writing powerfully show that Kingshaw is an easy target for Hooper's tormenting?
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this extract...
Explore one moment in the novel where Stevenson's writing makes you feel particularly shocked. Do not use the extract printed in Question 19 in yo...
from Stories of Ourselves Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this extract from My Greatest Ambition (by Morris Lu...
Explore the ways in which Graham Greene makes the story The Destructors both disturbing and amusing for you.
ARTHUR MILLER: All My Sons Remember to support your ideas with details from the text. Read this extract, and then answer the question that follows ...
What makes Miller's portrayal of the relationship between Steve and George Deever such a powerful part of the play?
J.B. PRIESTLEY: An Inspector Calls Remember to support your ideas with details from the text. Read this extract, and then answer the question that ...
Explore the ways in which Priestley creates such a memorable portrait of Eva Smith, despite the fact that she never appears in the play. Do not use...
Explore the ways in which Shakespeare makes false appearances so significant in the play.
Explore the ways in which Shakespeare strikingly portrays similarities between Oberon and Theseus.
‘In The Tempest good clearly triumphs over evil.' Explore the ways in which Shakespeare vividly conveys this to you.
Cecily is described as 'a sweet, simple, innocent girl' by Jack. How far does Wilde make you agree with this description?
Read these poems, and then answer the question that follows them: 'I Look Into My Glass' I look into my glass, And view my wasting skin, And say, ...
Explore the ways in which Hardy movingly conveys the grief of the speaker in The Voice. The Voice Woman much missed, how you call to me, call to m...
Read this poem, and then answer the question that follows it: The Gift After the accident, the hospital, they brought me aching home mouth pumped ...
How does Lochhead vividly depict the atmosphere of the laundrette in Laundrette? Laundrette We sit nebulous in steam. It calms the air and makes t...
Read this poem, and then answer the question that follows it: The Lost Woman... My mother went with no more warning than a bright voice and a bad ...
How does Wordsworth vividly communicate feelings of joy in 'She Was a Phantom of Delight'? 'She Was a Phantom of Delight' She was a Phantom of del...
Read this extract, and then answer the question that follows it: The rest of the journey had passed without incident. It was getting dark when Obi...
To what extent does Achebe's writing suggest that Obi is responsible for his own downfall?
Read this extract, and then answer the question that follows it: They made their appearance in the Lower Rooms; and here fortune was more favourab...
How does Austen make Catherine's obsession with Gothic novels such a memorable and significant part of the novel?
Read this extract, and then answer the question that follows it: It was clear that Eppie, with her short toddling steps, must lead father Silas a ...
'Godfrey deserves to be unhappy.' To what extent does Eliot make you agree with this judgement?
Read this extract, and then answer the question that follows it: He suddenly raises the bayonet, and holds it in front of my face. He looks straig...
Explore the ways in which Frayn makes Auntie Dee a memorable character in the novel.
Read this extract, and then answer the question that follows it: He made plans for a long time, almost a week. Everything was worked out, except t...
To what extent does Hill's writing make you feel that Edmund Hooper and his father are similar?
Read this extract, and then answer the question that follows it: The eldest asked: “Have you had your food?" "Yes." They looked at each other and ...
How does Narayan make Dr Sankar such a memorable character?
Read this extract, and then answer the question that follows it: 'I gave in the cheque myself, and said I had every reason to believe it was a for...
Explore the ways in which Stevenson makes the relationship between Dr Lanyon and Mr Utterson such a significant part of the novel.
Read this extract from Ming's Biggest Prey (by Patricia Highsmith), and then answer the question that follows it: Ming took the nearest exit, whic...