IGCSE English - Literature In English (0475) — May–June 2023, Paper 11

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Question 1 · 25 marks · Songs of Ourselves Volume 1 (from Part 4)

Read the poem 'Funeral Blues' by W H Auden, and then answer the question that follows it: How does Auden strikingly convey the speaker's grief in this poem?

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Question 2 · 25 marks · Songs of Ourselves Volume 1 (from Part 4)

How does Adcock vividly portray the behaviour of the people from Universal Lotteries in 'The Telephone Call'? (The full poem by Fleur Adcock is printed on the paper.)

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Question 3 · 25 marks · Songs of Ourselves Volume 2 (from Part 4)

Read the poem 'Verses Written on Her Death-bed at Bath to Her Husband in London' by Mary Monck ('Marinda'), and then answer the question that follows it: Explore how Monck…

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Question 4 · 25 marks · Songs of Ourselves Volume 2 (from Part 4)

In what ways does Wotton vividly convey how a person can become 'Lord of himself' in 'The Character of a Happy Life'? (The full poem by Henry Wotton is printed on the paper.)

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Question 5 · 25 marks · Ted Hughes: from New Selected Poems

Read the poem 'Relic' by Ted Hughes, and then answer the question that follows it: In what ways does Hughes make this such a striking poem? (The poem is printed on the paper; the…

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Question 6 · 25 marks · Ted Hughes: from New Selected Poems

How does Hughes create such a compelling portrait of the hawk in 'Hawk Roosting'? (The full poem is printed on the paper; central lines removed here for copyright.)

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Question 7 · 25 marks · Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Purple Hibiscus

Read the printed passage from Purple Hibiscus, and then answer the question that follows it: How does Adichie movingly convey Kambili's thoughts and feelings at this moment in the…

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Question 8 · 25 marks · Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Purple Hibiscus

Explore the ways in which Adichie strikingly portrays the differences between Kambili's mother and Aunty Ifeoma.

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Question 9 · 25 marks · Charles Dickens: Great Expectations

Read the printed passage from Great Expectations (from Chapter 20), and then answer the question that follows it: How does Dickens convey such vivid impressions of Mr Jaggers and…

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Question 10 · 25 marks · Charles Dickens: Great Expectations

Explore the ways in which Dickens strikingly portrays Pip's relationship with Miss Havisham.

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Question 11 · 25 marks · Daphne du Maurier: Rebecca

Read the printed passage from Rebecca (from Chapter 7), and then answer the question that follows it: How does du Maurier create such a disturbing atmosphere at this moment in the…

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Question 12 · 25 marks · Daphne du Maurier: Rebecca

Explore the ways in which du Maurier makes Maxim so intriguing.

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Question 13 · 25 marks · Henry James: Washington Square

Read the printed passage from Washington Square (from Chapter 7), and then answer the question that follows it: How does James make this such a revealing and significant moment in…

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Question 14 · 25 marks · Henry James: Washington Square

'Such a sad story.' How far does James make you agree with this view of the novel?

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Question 15 · 25 marks · Jhumpa Lahiri: The Namesake

Read the printed passage from The Namesake (from Chapter 4), and then answer the question that follows it: Explore the ways in which Lahiri makes this moment in the novel so…

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Question 16 · 25 marks · Jhumpa Lahiri: The Namesake

How does Lahiri strikingly depict the changes in Gogol's relationship with Moushumi during the course of the novel?

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Question 17 · 25 marks · Joan Lindsay: Picnic at Hanging Rock

Read the printed passage from Picnic at Hanging Rock (from Chapter 9), and then answer the question that follows it: Explore the ways in which Lindsay memorably portrays Mrs…

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Question 18 · 25 marks · Joan Lindsay: Picnic at Hanging Rock

How does Lindsay create such striking impressions of Mike?

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Question 19 · 25 marks · Yann Martel: Life of Pi

Read the printed passage from Life of Pi (from Chapter 61), and then answer the question that follows it: In what ways does Martel powerfully convey Pi's thoughts and feelings at…

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Question 20 · 25 marks · Yann Martel: Life of Pi

'I had to tame him,' Pi says. How does Martel memorably depict Pi's success at taming Richard Parker? (Do not use the passage printed in Question 19 in answering this question.)

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Question 21 · 25 marks · from Stories of Ourselves Volume 2

Read the printed passage from 'The Widow's Might' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and then answer the question that follows it: How does Gilman make this such a memorable moment in…

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Question 22 · 25 marks · from Stories of Ourselves Volume 2

In what ways does O Henry make 'The Furnished Room' such a disturbing story?

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