Cambridge Past Paper Questions
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How does Heaney make you feel so sorry for the speaker in Mid-Term Break? Mid-Term Break I sat all morning in the college sick bay Content removed ...
Explore the ways in which Jennings uses words and images to make In Praise of Creation such a fascinating poem. In Praise of Creation That one bird...
How does Duffy movingly convey the influence of the teacher on the speaker in Death of a Teacher? Death of a Teacher The big trees outside are into...
Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this passage, and then answer the question that follows it: I had forgotten to d...
Explore the ways in which Brontë vividly portrays Diana and Mary Rivers.
Explore the ways in which Desai makes the tape recording such a significant part of the novel.
How does Hurston memorably portray Janie after the storm?
Morris thinks Mrs Penniman is 'an idiot'. How far does James persuade you to agree with him?
To what extent does Knowles's writing convince you that 'Schooldays are the happiest days of your life'?
Explore how Orwell makes Julia such an intriguing character.
How does Paton create strong impressions of Arthur Jarvis (son of James Jarvis)?
Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this passage from The Moving Finger (by Edith Wharton), and then answer the ques...
How does Poe create vivid impressions of the narrator in The Fall of the House of Usher?
LORRAINE HANSBERRY: A Raisin in the Sun Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this passage carefully, and then answer ...
ARTHUR MILLER: The Crucible Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this passage carefully, and then answer the question...
ARTHUR MILLER: The Crucible Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. How does Miller's portrayal of Mary Warren contribute to ...
R C SHERRIFF: Journey's End Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this passage carefully, and then answer the question...
R C SHERRIFF: Journey's End Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. How far does Sherriff portray Trotter as an amusing chara...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Romeo and Juliet Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this passage carefully, and then answer th...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this passage carefully, and then answer the q...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Explore the ways in which Shakespeare strikingly p...
SECTION A: POETRY SONGS OF OURSELVES VOLUME 1: from Part 3 Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this poem, and then a...
SECTION A: POETRY SONGS OF OURSELVES VOLUME 2: from Part 4 Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 3 Read this poem, a...
SECTION A: POETRY CAROL ANN DUFFY: from New Selected Poems Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 5 Read this poem, a...
SECTION B: PROSE CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE: Purple Hibiscus Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 7 Read this passage...
SECTION B: PROSE CHARLOTTE BRONTË: Jane Eyre Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 9 Read this passage, and then ans...
SECTION B: PROSE ZORA NEALE HURSTON: Their Eyes Were Watching God Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 11 Read this...
SECTION B: PROSE HENRY JAMES: Washington Square Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 13 Read this passage, and then...
SECTION B: PROSE JHUMPA LAHIRI: The Namesake Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 15 Read this passage, and then an...
SECTION B: PROSE YANN MARTEL: Life of Pi Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 17 Read this passage, and then answer...
SECTION B: PROSE GEORGE ORWELL: 1984 Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 19 Read this passage, and then answer the...
SECTION B: PROSE GEORGE ORWELL: 1984 Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Or
SECTION B: PROSE from Stories of Ourselves Volume 2 Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 21 Read this passage from ...
LYNN NOTTAGE: Crumbs from the Table of Joy Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this passage carefully, and then ans...
In what ways does Nottage's portrayal of Gerte create such a powerful impact in the play?
How does Miller make the relationship between Abigail Williams and John Proctor so disturbing?
Explore how Sherriff powerfully portrays the friendship between Stanhope and Osborne.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this passage carefully, and then answer the ...
In what ways does Shakespeare make Feste such a fascinating character?
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Othello Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this passage carefully, and then answer the questi...
How does Shakespeare's portrayal of Cassio contribute to the dramatic impact of the play?
SECTION A: POETRY Answer one question from this section. SONGS OF OURSELVES VOLUME 1: from Part 4 Remember to support your ideas with details from ...
Or 2 How does Cheng create such disturbing impressions of the city in The Planners? The Planners They plan. They build. All spaces are gridded, f...
SONGS OF OURSELVES VOLUME 2: from Part 4 Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 3 Read this poem, and then answer the...
Or 4 How does Fairburn make Rhyme of the Dead Self such a memorable poem? Rhyme of the Dead Self Tonight I have taken all that I was and strangle...
TED HUGHES: from New Selected Poems Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 5 Read this poem, and then answer the ques...
Or 6 How does Hughes powerfully depict his early morning walk in The Horses? The Horses I climbed through woods in the hour-before-dawn dark. Co...
SECTION B: PROSE Answer one question from this section. CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE: Purple Hibiscus Remember to support your ideas with details from ...
Or 8 Explore the ways in which Adichie vividly depicts Kambili's school days.
CHARLES DICKENS: Great Expectations Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 9 Read this passage, and then answer the q...