IGCSE World Literature (0408) — May–June 2025, Paper 32

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Question 1 · 25 marks · SAMANTA SCHWEBLIN: Fever Dream

Read this extract from Samanta Schweblin's Fever Dream, and then answer the question that follows it. The extract is a tense bedside scene in which Amanda's mother (Carla) urges…

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Question 2 · 25 marks · AMA ATA AIDOO: Anowa

Read this extract from Ama Ata Aidoo's play Anowa, and then answer the question that follows it. The extract is the opening of the scene 'On the Highway', set on a road…

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Question 3 · 25 marks · FABIO GEDA: In the Sea There are Crocodiles

Read this extract from Fabio Geda's In the Sea There are Crocodiles, and then answer the question that follows it. The extract describes a perilous sea crossing: out on the water…

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Question 4 · 25 marks · ANTON CHEKHOV: The Cherry Orchard

Read this extract from Anton Chekhov's play The Cherry Orchard, and then answer the question that follows it. In the extract Lopakhin bluntly warns Mrs Ranevsky and Gayev that…

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Question 5 · 25 marks · Songs of Ourselves, Volume 2 (Part 2): Alice Oswald, Eel Tail

Read this poem, Eel Tail by Alice Oswald (from Songs of Ourselves, Volume 2, Part 2), and then answer the question that follows it. The poem evokes the elusive, half-glimpsed…

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Question 6 · 25 marks · Stories of Ourselves, Volume 2: Jamaica Kincaid, A Walk to the Jetty

Read this extract from A Walk to the Jetty by Jamaica Kincaid (from Stories of Ourselves, Volume 2), and then answer the question that follows it. In the extract the young…

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Question 7 · 25 marks · SAMANTA SCHWEBLIN: Fever Dream

How does Schweblin powerfully portray the relationship between Carla and David? Do not use the extract printed in Question 1 in answering this question. [25]

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Question 8 · 25 marks · AMA ATA AIDOO: Anowa

In what ways does Aidoo create memorable impressions of Badua? [25]

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Question 9 · 25 marks · FABIO GEDA: In the Sea There are Crocodiles

Explore how Geda powerfully portrays Enaiat's hopes for a better life. Do not use the extract printed in Question 3 in answering this question. [25]

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Question 10 · 25 marks · ANTON CHEKHOV: The Cherry Orchard

Explore how Chekhov makes the cherry orchard so memorable and significant in the play. Do not use the extract printed in Question 4 in answering this question. [25]

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Question 11 · 25 marks · Songs of Ourselves, Volume 2 (Part 2): Judith Wright, Australia 1970

Explore how Judith Wright conveys powerful emotions in Australia 1970. [25]

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Question 12 · 25 marks · Stories of Ourselves, Volume 2: Ken Liu, The Paper Menagerie

How does Ken Liu powerfully depict the relationship between the narrator and his mother in The Paper Menagerie? [25]

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