Cambridge Past Paper Questions

Or 10 How far does Dickens make you feel sympathy for Magwitch?

DAPHNE DU MAURIER: Rebecca Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 11 Read this passage, and then answer the question ...

Or 12 Explore the ways in which du Maurier memorably portrays Frank Crawley.

HENRY JAMES: Washington Square Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 13 Read this passage, and then answer the quest...

Or 14 To what extent does James make it possible for you to admire Dr Sloper?

JHUMPA LAHIRI: The Namesake Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 15 Read this passage, and then answer the question...

Or 16 How does Lahiri create such memorable impressions of Ashoke's life?

JOAN LINDSAY: Picnic at Hanging Rock Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 17 Read this passage, and then answer the...

Or 18 How does Lindsay's portrayal of Sara Waybourne's suffering contribute to the power of the novel?

YANN MARTEL: Life of Pi Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 19 Read this passage, and then answer the question tha...

Or 20 Explore the ways in which Martel vividly depicts Pi's extreme suffering during his time at sea.

from STORIES OF OURSELVES Volume 2 Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 21 Read this passage from A Thousand Years ...

Or 22 Explore the ways in which Hughes creates vivid impressions of Mrs Jones in Thank You M'am.

LYNN NOTTAGE: Crumbs from the Table of Joy Remember to support your ideas with details from the text.

R C SHERRIFF: Journey's End Remember to support your ideas with details from the text.

WOLE SOYINKA: Death and the King's Horseman Remember to support your ideas with details from the text.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night Remember to support your ideas with details from the text.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Othello Remember to support your ideas with details from the text.

Or 2 Explore the ways in which Wright makes Request To A Year both amusing and serious. Request To A Year If the year is meditating a suitable gift...

Or 4 Explore the ways in which Joyce powerfully depicts the speaker's dream in I Hear an Army... I Hear an Army... I hear an army charging upon the...

Or 6 How does Hughes make the thoughts and feelings of the speaker so disturbing in The Other? The Other She had too much so with a smile you took ...

Or 8 In what ways does Adichie encourage you to admire Jaja?

Or 10 How far does Dickens make it possible for you to have sympathy for Estella?

Or 12 Explore the ways in which du Maurier presents Rebecca's wickedness.

JHUMPA LAHIRI: The Namesake Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 13 Read this passage, and then answer the question...

Or 14 In what ways does Lahiri memorably portray the marriage between Ashoke and Ashima?

Or 16 Explore the ways in which Lindsay makes Albert such a memorable character.

YANN MARTEL: Life of Pi Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 17 Read this passage, and then answer the question tha...

Or 18 Explore the ways in which Martel portrays Pi as such a likeable character. Do not use the passage printed in Question 17 when answering this ...

H G WELLS: The War of the Worlds Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 19 Read this passage, and then answer the que...

Or 20 Explore the ways in which Wells makes the Martians so terrifying.

Or 22 How does Gilman strikingly portray the widow's three children in The Widow's Might?

WOLE SOYINKA: Death and the King's Horseman Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing.

TENNESSEE WILLIAMS: A Streetcar Named Desire Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Othello Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing.

SECTION A: POETRY Answer one question from this section. SONGS OF OURSELVES VOLUME 2: from Part 3 Remember to support your ideas with details from ...

SECTION A: POETRY Answer one question from this section. TED HUGHES: from New Selected Poems Remember to support your ideas with details from the w...

SECTION B: PROSE Answer one question from this section. CHINUA ACHEBE: Things Fall Apart Remember to support your ideas with details from the writi...

SECTION B: PROSE Answer one question from this section. ANITA DESAI: Fire on the Mountain Remember to support your ideas with details from the writ...

SECTION B: PROSE Answer one question from this section. CHARLES DICKENS: Great Expectations Remember to support your ideas with details from the wr...

SECTION B: PROSE Answer one question from this section. DAPHNE DU MAURIER: Rebecca Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Re...

SECTION B: PROSE Answer one question from this section. HARPER LEE: To Kill a Mockingbird Remember to support your ideas with details from the writ...

SECTION B: PROSE Answer one question from this section. JOAN LINDSAY: Picnic at Hanging Rock Remember to support your ideas with details from the w...

SECTION B: PROSE Answer one question from this section. H G WELLS: The War of the Worlds Remember to support your ideas with details from the writi...

SECTION B: PROSE Answer one question from this section. from STORIES OF OURSELVES Volume 2 Remember to support your ideas with details from the wri...

SHELAGH DELANEY: A Taste of Honey Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Antony and Cleopatra Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing.

Read the following extract, and then answer the question that follows it: Howard: 'Cause you gotta admit, business is business. Willy: [angrily] Bu...

What do you think Uncle Ben contributes to the dramatic power of the play? Support your ideas with details from the play.

You are Charley. You have just given Willy money to pay his insurance and he has left. Write your thoughts.