Cambridge & Pearson Edexcel Past Paper Questions

J LAWRENCE & R E LEE: Inherit the Wind Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this passage carefully, and then answer t...

How does the writers' portrayal of Reverend Jeremiah Brown contribute to the dramatic impact of the play? Do not use the passage printed in Questio...

Do you think that Miller portrays Beatrice as a completely admirable character?

How does Rattigan make the challenges faced by women such a memorable part of the play? Do not use the passage printed in Question 5 in answering t...

To what extent do you think Shakespeare portrays Henry as a ruthless leader?

Does Shakespeare's portrayal of Malcolm suggest to you that he will make a good king?

SECTION A: POETRY SONGS OF OURSELVES VOLUME 2: from Part 2 Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this poem, and then a...

SECTION A: POETRY GILLIAN CLARKE: from Collected Poems Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this poem, and then answe...

SECTION B: PROSE JANE AUSTEN: Mansfield Park Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this extract, and then answer the q...

SECTION B: PROSE WILLA CATHER: My Ántonia Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this extract, and then answer the ques...

SECTION B: PROSE ANITA DESAI: In Custody Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this extract, and then answer the quest...

SECTION B: PROSE CHARLES DICKENS: Hard Times Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this extract, and then answer the q...

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

SECTION B: PROSE JOHN KNOWLES: A Separate Peace Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this extract, and then answer th...

SECTION B: PROSE ALAN PATON: Cry, the Beloved Country Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this extract, and then ans...

Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this passage carefully, and then answer the question that follows it: Walter: [...

How does Hansberry's portrayal of Karl Lindner make him such an unpleasant character?

Does Miller's portrayal of the relationship between Catherine and Rodolpho encourage you to feel hopeful about their future happiness?

How does Rattigan make the relationship between Arthur and Grace Winslow such a fascinating part of the play?

To what extent does Shakespeare's portrayal of Lady Macbeth encourage you to feel pity for her?

In what ways does Shakespeare's portrayal of Tybalt make him such a memorable character?

Those Winter Sundays Sundays too my father got up early and put his clothes on in the blueblack cold, then with cracked hands that ached from labo...

Stormcock in Elder In my dark hermitage, aloof From the world's sight and the world's sound, By the small door where the old roof Hangs but five f...

In Mrs Tilscher's Class You could travel up the Blue Nile with your finger, tracing the route while Mrs Tilscher chanted the scenery. Tana. Ethiop...

Explore the ways in which Brontë's writing makes Thornfield Hall such an intriguing setting.

How far does Desai make it possible for you to feel pity for Nur? Do not use the passage printed in Question 9 when answering this question.

How does Dickens make you feel that Bounderby gets what he deserves by the end of the novel?

How far does Hurston's writing suggest that Nanny is a good 'mother' to Janie?

Explore the ways in which Knowles conveys different attitudes to war in the novel.

How far does Orwell's portrayal of Winston Smith make you see him as a hero?

What does Paton's writing make you feel about Absalom's two companions in the robbery and murder?

Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this passage from Journey (by Patricia Grace), and then answer the question that...

How does Crane make the Captain such an admirable character in The Open Boat?

How does Hansberry make the Younger family's apartment such a memorable setting for the play?

In what ways does Miller's portrayal of Rebecca Nurse contribute to the dramatic impact of the play?

How does Rattigan's portrayal of Ronnie Winslow encourage you to sympathise with him?

In what ways does Shakespeare's portrayal of Banquo contribute to the dramatic impact of the play?

How far does Shakespeare persuade you that the Nurse is to blame for Juliet's death?

Either 1 Read this poem, and then answer the question that follows it: Muliebrity I have thought so much about the girl who gathered cow-dung in ...

Or 2 Explore how Millay memorably communicates her thoughts and feelings in Sonnet 29. Sonnet 29 Pity me not because the light of day At close of...

Either 3 Read this poem, and then answer the question that follows it: The Caged Skylark As a dare-gale skylark scanted in a dull cage, Man's mou...

Or 4 How does Constantine powerfully convey the desire to see dolphins in Watching for Dolphins? Watching for Dolphins In the summer months on ev...

CAROL ANN DUFFY: from New Selected Poems 1984–2004 Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 5 Read this poem, and the...

Or 6 In what ways does Duffy make War Photographer such a powerful poem? War Photographer In his darkroom he is finally alone with spools of suff...

SECTION B: PROSE CHARLOTTE BRONTË: Jane Eyre Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 7 Read this passage, and then ...

Or 8 To what extent does Brontë portray Mr Rochester as a victim?

ANITA DESAI: In Custody Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 9 Read this passage, and then answer the question th...

Or 10 In what ways does Desai strikingly convey the desire for money throughout the novel?

ZORA NEALE HURSTON: Their Eyes Were Watching God Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 11 Read this passage, and t...

Or 12 How far does Hurston show that Janie will not let others decide how she lives her life?