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Do not use pencil.  \n• You must not use a dictionary.  \nInformation  \n• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.  \n• The maximum mark for this paper is 96.  \n• AO4 will be assessed in Section A. There are 4 marks available for AO4 in Section A in addition to 30 marks for answering the question. AO4 assesses the following skills: Use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation.  \n• There are 30 marks for Section B and 32 marks for Section C.  \nThere are no questions printed on this page  \nSECTION A  \nModern prose or drama  \nJ B Priestley Willy Russell Alan Bennett Dennis Kelly Simon Stephens  \nShelagh Delaney William Golding AQA Anthology George Orwell Kazuo Ishiguro Meera Syal Stephen Kelman  \nSECTION B  \nPoetry  \nAQA Anthology  \nQuestions Page  \nAn Inspector Calls 1–2 4  \nBlood Brothers 3–4 5  \nThe History Boys 5–6 6  \nDNA 7–8 7  \nThe Curious Incident of the 9–10 8  \nDog in the Night-Time  \nA Taste of Honey 11–12 9  \nLord of the Flies 13–14 10  \nTelling Tales 15–16 11  \nAnimal Farm 17–18 12  \nNever Let Me Go 19–20 13  \nAnita and Me 21–22 14  \nPigeon English 23–24 15  \nQuestions Page  \nPoems Past and Present  \nLove and relationships 25 17  \nPower and conflict 26 19  \nSECTION C  \nUnseen poetry 27.1 20  \n27.2 21  \nSection A: Modern prose or drama  \nAnswer one question from this section on your chosen text.  \nJB Priestley: An Inspector Calls  \nEITHER  \n 0  1  How far does Priestley present Mrs Birling as an unlikeable character?  \nWrite about:  \n• what Mrs Birling says and does in the play  \n• how Priestley presents her by the ways he writes.  \n[30 marks] AO4 [4 marks]  \nOR  \n 0  2  How does Priestley use the character of the Inspector to suggest ways that society  \ncould be improved?  \nWrite about:  \n• what society is shown to be like in the play and how it might be improved  \n• how Priestley presents society through what the Inspector says and does.  \n[30 marks] AO4 [4 marks]  \nWilly Russell: Blood Brothers  \nOR  \n 0  3  How does Russell explore the effects of Mickey’s and Edward’s different  \nupbringings?  \nWrite about:  \n• how the boys’ upbringings have different effects on their lives  \n• how Russell presents these effects by the ways he writes.  \n[30 marks] AO4 [4 marks]  \nOR  \n 0  4  What kind of mother does Russell show Mrs Johnstone to be in Blood Brothers?  \nWrite about:  \n• what Mrs Johnstone says and does in the play  \n• how Russell presents Mrs Johnstone by the ways he writes.  \n[30 marks] AO4 [4 marks]  \nTurn over for the next question  \nAlan Bennett: The History Boys  \nOR  \n 0  5  ‘Dakin is presented as the most confident of the boys in the Oxbridge class.’  \nHow far do you agree with this view of Dakin?  \nWrite about:  \n• what Dakin says and does and what others say about him in the play  \n• how Bennett presents Dakin by the ways he writes.  \n[30 marks] AO4 [4 marks]  \nOR  \n 0  6  Bennett has said about The History Boys, ‘It seemed to me to be about two sorts of  \nteaching – or two teachers, anyway’.  \nHow does Bennett present Hector and Irwin as different kinds of teacher? 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