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Write your answers to Sections B and C in the Poetry Answer Booklet.  \nSpend 45 minutes each on Sections A and B, and 30 minutes on Section C.  \nYou should have with you an unannotated copy of your Drama text and an unannotated copy of your Poetry anthology.  \nInformation for Candidates  \nThe total mark for this paper is 106.  \nAll questions in Sections A and B carry equal marks, i.e. 40 marks for each question.  \nSection C is worth 20 marks.  \n3 additional marks are available in Section A and 3 additional marks are available in Section B for accurate spelling, punctuation and grammar.  \nQuality of written communication will also be assessed.  \nPage Index to Sections and Questions  \nQuestion Page  \nNumber Number  \nSection A – Drama  \n1 Friel Dancing at Lughnasa 4  \n2 Miller All My Sons 5  \n3 O’Casey Juno and the Paycock 6  \n4 Priestley An Inspector Calls 7  \n5 Russell Blood Brothers 8  \n6 Shakespeare Macbeth 9  \n7 Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet 10  \n8 Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice 11  \nSection B – Poetry  \n9 Anthology One: Themes – Love and Death 12  \n10 Anthology Two: Themes – Nature and War 14  \n11 Anthology Three: Heaney and Hardy 15  \nSection C – Unseen Poetry  \n12 Unseen Poem 16  \n11310.02 MV18  \n3  \n[Turn over  \nSection A: Drama  \nAnswer one question from this section.  \n1 Friel: Dancing at Lughnasa  \nAnswer either (a) or (b)  \n(3 additional marks are available for accurate spelling, punctuation and grammar)  \nUse the Drama Answer Booklet for your answer.  \n(a) With reference to the ways Friel presents Rose, show how far you agree that Rose is childlike.  \n(b) Look again at the extract from Act 1, beginning half way down page 22 with the stage direction The music stops abruptly in mid-phrase and ending on page 24 with Rose’s words: “Everybody calls you the Gander!”  \nWith reference to the ways Friel presents music and dancing in the extract and elsewhere in the play, show that the Mundy sisters use music and dancing to escape the realities of their everyday lives. 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