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General Certificate of Secondary Education 2006 Paper 1 Higher Tier G3002 English Literature [G3002] TUESDAY 23 MAY, MORNING TIME 2 hours 30 minutes. INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Write your Centre Number and Candidate Number on the Answer Booklets provided. Answer three questions. Answer one question from each section. Write your answer to Section A in the Green (Drama) Answer Booklet. Write your answer to Section B in the Blue (Prose) Answer Booklet. Write your answer to Section C in the Purple (Poetry) Answer Booklet. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES The total mark for this paper is 105. All questions carry equal marks, i.e. 35 marks for each question. G301H6MH 835 Page Index to Sections and Questions Question No. Section A Drama 1 Wilder: Our Town 2 Priestley: An Inspector Calls 3 Shaffer: The Royal Hunt of the Sun 4 Russell: Blood Brothers 5 Friel: Dancing at Lughnasa Page No. 3 4 5 6 7 6 7 8 9 10 11 Section B Prose Steinbeck: Of Mice and Men Golding: Lord of the Flies Lee: To Kill a Mockingbird Hill: I m the King of the Castle Johnston: How Many Miles to Babylon? Taylor: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry 8 9 10 11 12 13 12 13 Section C Poetry Anthology One Anthology Two 14 15 G301H6MH 835 2 [Turn over Section A Drama Answer one question from this section. 1 Wilder: Our Town Answer either (a) or (b) Use the Green (Drama) Answer Booklet for this question. (a) This question is about George. Look again at the extract beginning on page 69 with the stage direction George starts to come down the right aisle of the theatre, through the audience and ending on page 70 with George s words, Come on; we ve got to get ready for this. Look at the way Wilder presents George in this extract and in other parts of the play. Show how far you agree that George matures. In your answer you should consider: your impressions of George in the extract; q Wilder s use of stage directions in the extract; q George s relationship with Emily elsewhere in the play; q and anything else you think is relevant. q (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Green (Drama) Answer Booklet. (b) This question is about family life. Look again at the extract at the bottom of page 54 beginning with Doctor Gibbs s words, Ye-e-s! I get a shock every time I think of George setting out to be a family man and ending on page 56 when George says, Be back in a minute. Look at the way Wilder presents family life in this extract and in other parts of the play. Show how far you agree that family life is important. In your answer you should consider: the relationships among the members of the Gibbs family in the extract; q Wilder s use of stage directions in the extract; q what you learn about the Gibbs and Webb family life in other parts of the play. q (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Green (Drama) Answer Booklet. G301H6MH 835 3 [Turn over 2 Priestley: An Inspector Calls Answer either (a) or (b) Use the Green (Drama) Answer Booklet for this question. (a) This question is about Mrs Birling. Look again at the extract beginning at the top of page 46 with Mrs Birling s words, Oh, stop it, both of you and ending at the end of Act Two. Look at the way Priestley presents Mrs Birling in this extract and in other parts of the play. Show how far you agree that she is an unfeeling character. In your answer you should consider: what Mrs Birling says in the extract; q Priestley s use of stage directions in the extract; q Mrs Birling s attitude to other people in other parts of the play; q and anything else you think is relevant. q (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Green (Drama) Answer Booklet. (b) This question is about money and social position. Look again at the extract beginning at the bottom of page 3 with Mrs Birling s words, Now stop it, you two and ending in the middle of page 6 with Mr Birling s words, ... steadily increasing prosperity. Look at the way Priestley presents the engagement party in the extract. From this and from what you read later in the play, show how far you agree that money and social position are important to the Birling family. In your answer you should consider: q what Mr Birling says about business in the extract; q different reactions to the engagement in the extract; q their different concerns about their public image in other parts of the play. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Green (Drama) Answer Booklet. G301H6MH 835 4 3 Shaffer: The Royal Hunt of the Sun Answer either (a) or (b) Use the Green (Drama) Answer Booklet for this question. (a) This question is about Atahuallpa and Pizarro. Look again at Act 2 scene v. Look at the way Shaffer presents Atahuallpa and Pizzarro in this scene and in other parts of the play. Show how far you agree that they have a great deal in common. In your answer you should consider: what Atahuallpa and Pizarro say to each other in the scene; q Shaffer s use of stage directions in the scene; q what you learn about Atahuallpa s and Pizarro s leadership in other parts the play. q (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Green (Drama) Answer Booklet. (b) This question is about the Indian way of life and the Spanish way of life. Look again at the extract beginning with the opening of Act 1 scene vi (page 30 in the Penguin edition and page 18 in the Longman edition), and ending with Challcuchima s words, All men are his servants (page 32 in the Penguin edition and page 21 in the Longman edition). Look at the way Shaffer presents the Indians and the Spanish in this extract and in other parts of the play. Show how far you agree that their ways of life are different. In your answer you should consider: q what you learn about the Indian way of life in the extract; q Shaffer s use of stage directions in the extract; q what you learn about Indian culture and society in other parts of the play; q what you learn about Spanish culture and society in other parts of the play. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Green (Drama) Answer Booklet. G301H6MH 835 5 [Turn over 4 Russell: Blood Brothers Answer either (a) or (b) Use the Green (Drama) Answer Booklet for this question. (a) This question is about Mrs Johnstone. Look again at the extract beginning at the top of page 7 with the stage direction Mrs Lyons enters, and ending near the middle of page 10 with the stage direction There is a pause before Mrs Johnstone nods. Look at the way Russell presents Mrs Johnstone in this extract and in other parts of Act One. Show how far you agree that she is weak-willed. In your answer you should consider: q what Mrs Johnstone says in the extract; q Russell s use of stage directions in the extract; q what you learn in other parts of Act One about the way Mrs Johnstone brings up her children; q and anything else in Act One you think is important. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Green (Drama) Answer Booklet. (b) This question is about the deaths of the twins. Look again at the extract beginning at the top of page 98 with the stage direction We see Edward, standing behind a table, on a platform and ending on page 100 with the Narrator s last words, How they were born, and they died, on the self same day? Look at the way Russell presents the events in this extract. From this and from what you learn in other parts of the play, show how far you agree that their deaths are shocking. In your answer you should consider: q what Mickey says to Edward and to Mrs Johnstone in the extract; q Russell s use of stage directions in the extract; q the Narrator s words in other parts of the play; q and anything else you think is important. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Green (Drama) Answer Booklet. G301H6MH 835 6 [Turn over 5 Friel: Dancing at Lughnasa Answer either (a) or (b) Use the Green (Drama) Answer Booklet for this question. (a) This question is about Maggie. Look again at the extract at the start of Act 2, beginning with the opening stage directions on page 43 and ending midway down page 45 when Jack enters. Look at the way Friel presents Maggie in this extract and in other parts of the play. Show how far you agree that she is much more than just the joker of the family. In your answer you should consider: the way Maggie behaves towards the boy in the extract; q Friel s use of stage directions in the extract; q the things Maggie does in order to make people happy in other parts of the play; q and anything else you think is important. q (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Green (Drama) Answer Booklet. (b) This question is about a sense of unease. Look again at the extract beginning at the top of page 56 with Kate s words, What do you know about this Bradley business? and ending in the middle of page 59 when Rose exits. Look at the way Friel presents the Mundy sisters in this extract and at what the older Michael says in other parts of the play. Show that there is a sense of unease among them. In your answer you should consider: q the sisters words and behaviour in the extract; q Friel s use of stage directions in the extract; q what the older Michael says about the atmosphere in the Mundy sisters household in other parts of the play. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Green (Drama) Answer Booklet. G301H6MH 835 7 [Turn over Section B Prose Answer one question from this section. 6 Steinbeck: Of Mice and Men Answer either (a) or (b) Use the Blue (Prose) Answer Booklet for this question. (a) This question is about Candy. Show how far you agree that Candy is a pitiable character. In your answer you should consider: q his hopes; q his fears; q his relationships with others. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Blue (Prose) Answer Booklet. (b) This question is about loneliness. Show how far you agree that the novel is about the loneliness of the ranch workers. In your answer you should consider: q George; q Candy; q Crooks; q Slim. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Blue (Prose) Answer Booklet. G301H6MH 835 8 [Turn over 7 Golding: Lord of the Flies Answer either (a) or (b) Use the Blue (Prose) Answer Booklet for this question. (a) This question is about Jack. Show how far you agree that Jack is an evil dictator. In your answer you should consider: q his style of leadership; q his actions; q his relationships with the other boys; q and anything else you think is important. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Blue (Prose) Answer Booklet. (b) This question is about the loss of innocence. Show how far you agree that the boys lose their childhood innocence during their time on the island. In your answer you should consider: q the boys games; q the boys changing fears; q the death of Simon; q and anything else you think is important. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Blue (Prose) Answer Booklet. G301H6MH 835 9 [Turn over 8 Lee: To Kill a Mockingbird Answer either (a) or (b) Use the Blue (Prose) Answer Booklet for this question. (a) This question is about Aunt Alexandra. Show how far you agree that Aunt Alexandra changes for the better during the course of the novel. In your answer you should consider: q her attitudes and opinions; q her reactions to the trial and its outcome; q her relationship with Scout and Jem. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Blue (Prose) Answer Booklet. (b) This question is about family life. Show how far you agree that the novel explores loneliness and desperation in family life. In your answer you should consider: q Boo Radley; q Mayella Ewell; q Dolphus Raymond; q and anything else you think is important. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Blue (Prose) Answer Booklet. G301H6MH 835 10 [Turn over 9 Hill: I m the King of the Castle Answer either (a) or (b) Use the Blue (Prose) Answer Booklet for this question. (a) This question is about Hooper. Show how far you agree that Hooper is both a bully and a coward. In your answer you should consider: q what Hooper does to show his power; q the things that frighten Hooper; q and anything else you think is important. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Blue (Prose) Answer Booklet. (b) This question is about the suicide at the end of the novel. Show how far you agree that Hill prepares the reader for Kingshaw s suicide at the ending of the novel. In your answer you should consider: Kingshaw s strengths and weaknesses; q Kingshaw s thoughts and feelings about his future; q and anything else you think is important. q (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Blue (Prose) Answer Booklet. G301H6MH 835 11 [Turn over 10 Johnston: How Many Miles to Babylon? Answer either (a) or (b) Use the Blue (Prose) Answer Booklet for this question. (a) This question is about Alexander. Show how far you agree that Alexander is an isolated character. In your answer you should consider: his life in Ireland; q his life in the army. q (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Blue (Prose) Answer Booklet. (b) This question is about duty. Show that the novel explores different kinds of duty. In your answer you should consider: q duty to parents; q duty to country; q and anything else you think is important. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Blue (Prose) Answer Booklet. G301H6MH 835 12 [Turn over 11 Taylor: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Answer either (a) or (b) Use the Blue (Prose) Answer Booklet for this question. (a) This question is about T. J. Avery. Look at the way Taylor presents T. J. Avery. Show how far you would agree that he is despicable. In your answer you should consider: q T.J. s treatment of Stacey; q his relationship with R.W. and Melvin Simms; q and anything else you think is important. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Blue (Prose) Answer Booklet. (b) This question is about taking a stand against racial prejudice. Taylor writes about people who take a stand against racial prejudice in different ways. Show how she does this. Which character do you admire most? Give reasons for your opinions. In your answer you should consider: q Cassie; q Mama Logan; q Mr Jamison; q Mr Morrison. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Blue (Prose) Answer Booklet. G301H6MH 835 13 [Turn over Section C Poetry Answer one question from this section. 12 Anthology One Answer either (a) or (b) Use the Purple (Poetry) Answer Booklet for this question. (a) This question is about separation from a loved one. Look again at Remembrance by Emily Bront in which the speaker talks about separation. Look also at My Last Duchess by Robert Browning or Upon My Son Samuel his Going for England by Ann Bradstreet. Look closely at the way these two poems are written. Compare and contrast how each speaker has been affected by separation. Which poem appeals to you more? Give reasons for your opinion. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Purple (Poetry) Answer Booklet. (b) This question is about feelings of happiness. Look again at The Daffodils by William Wordsworth, in which the speaker expresses his feelings of happiness. Look also at one other poem from the anthology which expresses happiness. Look closely at the way each writer has used language to convey feelings of happiness. Which poem makes the more powerful appeal to your emotions? Give reasons for your answer. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Purple (Poetry) Answer Booklet. G301H6MH 835 14 [Turn over 13 Anthology Two Answer either (a) or (b) Use the Purple (Poetry) Answer Booklet for this question. (a) This question is about strong feelings about someone else. Look again at Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister by Browning, which is about strong feelings about someone else. Look also at The Toys by Patmore or Hearing That his Friend was Coming Back from the War by Wang-Chien. Look closely at the way these two poems are written. Compare and contrast the strong feelings each speaker has about someone else. Which poem appeals to you more? Give reasons for your opinion. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Purple (Poetry) Answer Booklet. (b) This question is about feeling left out. Look again at An Apple Gathering by Christina Rossetti, in which the speaker talks about being left out. Look also at one other poem from the anthology which is also about being left out. Look closely at the way each poet has used language to convey feelings about being left out. Show which poem makes you feel more sympathy. (You should spend no more than 50 minutes on this question.) Remember to write your answer in the Purple (Poetry) Answer Booklet. G301H6MH 835 15 S 5/06 0000 303158(76) [Turn over

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