Romeo and Juliet - Extract Questions Booklet - GCSE English Literature (8702) Paper 1 Shakespeare Exemplar

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GCSE English Literature (8702) Paper 1 exam-style booklet providing Shakespeare exemplar questions based on Romeo and Juliet. Students read specific dramatic extracts from Act 1 scenes and answer focused analytical prompts assessing leaders, parenthood, and villainy. Tasks require explaining how Shakespeare presents key characters in the extract and across the play as a whole, using AO4 assessment criteria to develop clear, text-based arguments. Each question specifies what to write about and the marks available.

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Shakespeare exemplar questions

Romeo and Juliet - Act 1 Scene 1

Romeo and Juliet - Act 1 Scene 2

Romeo and Juliet - Act 1 Scene 3

Romeo and Juliet - Act 1 Scene 5

GCSE English Literature (8702) Paper 1: Shakespeare Exemplar Questions Shakespeare You are advised to spend about 50 minutes on this section. Romeo and Juliet Read the following extract from Act 1 Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet, and then answer the question that follows. At this point in the play, the Prince is reacting to the latest in a series of fights between the families of Montague and Capulet. 5 10 15 20 PRINCE Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace, Profaners ofthis neighbour-stained steel,-- Will they not hear? What, ho! you men, you beasts, That quench the fire of your pernicious rage With purple fountains issuing from your veins, On pain of torture, from those bloody hands Throw your mistemper'd weapons to the ground, And hear the sentence of your moved prince. Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word, By thee, old Capulet, and Montague, Have thrice disturb'd the quiet of our streets, And made Verona's ancient citizens Cast by their grave beseeming ornaments, To wield old partisans, in hands as old, Canker'd with peace, to part your canker'd hate: If ever you disturb our streets again, Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace. For this time, all the rest depart away: You Capulet; shall go along with me: And, Montague, come you this afternoon, To know our further pleasure in this case, To old Free-town, our common judgment-place. Once more, on pain of death, all men depart. 1. Starting with this speech , explain the extent to which you think Shakespeare presents the Prince as a strong leader. Write about: • how Shakespeare presents the Prince in this extract; • how Shakespeare presents the Prince in the play as a whole. [30 marks] AO4 [4 marks] Shakespeare You are advised to spend about 50 minutes on this section. Romeo and Juliet Read the following extract from Act 1 Scene 2 of Romeo and Juliet, and then answer the question that follows. At this point in the play, Lord Capulet and Paris are discussing Juliet. 5 10 PARIS But now, my lord, what say you to my suit? CAPULET But saying o’er what I have said before: My child is yet a stranger in the world, She hath not seen the change of fourteen years; Let two more summers wither in their pride, Ere we may think her ripe to be a bride. PARIS Younger than she are happy mothers made. CAPULET And too soon marred are those so early made. The earth hath swallowed all my hopes but she; She’s the hopeful lady of my earth. But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart, My will to her consent is but a part; And she agreed, within her scope of choice Lies my consent and fair according voice. 2. Starting with this conversation , explain how far you think Shakespeare presents Lord Capulet asa good father. Write about: • how Shakespeare presents Lord Capulet in this extract; • how Shakespeare presents Lord Capulet in the play as a whole. [30 marks] AO4 [4 marks] Shakespeare You are advised to spend about 50 minutes on this section. Romeo and Juliet Read the following extract from Act 1 Scene 3 of Romeo and Juliet, and then answer the question that follows. At this point in the play, the nurse is remembering Juliet at a baby, when she cared for her. 5 10 15 NURSE Even or odd, of all days in the year, Come Lammas-eve at night shall she be fourteen. Susan and she--God rest all Christian souls!--Were of an age: well, Susan is with God; She was too good for me: but, as I said, On Lammas-eve at night shall she be fourteen; That shall she, marry; I remember it well.'Tis since the earthquake now eleven years; And she was wean'd,--I never shall forget it,--Of all the days of the year, upon that day: For I had then laid wormwood to my dug, Sitting in the sun under the dove-house wall; My lord and you were then at Mantua:-- Nay, I do bear a brain:--but, as I said, When it did taste the wormwood on the nipple Of my dug and felt it bitter, pretty fool, To see it tetchy and fall out with t

FAQs

What do you have to do for each Romeo and Juliet extract question?

Read the specified extract from the play and answer the prompt starting with a chosen speech or conversation. Responses must explain how Shakespeare presents the character in the extract and across the play as a whole.

Which Act 1 scenes and characters are covered in the provided questions?

The booklet includes Act 1 Scene 1 (the Prince), Act 1 Scene 2 (Lord Capulet), Act 1 Scene 3 (the Nurse), and Act 1 Scene 5 (Tybalt).

What kind of writing does the booklet expect for the analysis questions?

Analytical, text-based explanations focused on character presentation, including comparisons between how the character is shown in the extract and how they are presented in the play as a whole.

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