IGCSE World Literature (0408) — May–June 2025, Paper 33

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Question 1 · 25 marks · Prose: Samanta Schweblin, Fever Dream (passage-based response)

SAMANTA SCHWEBLIN: Fever Dream Read the printed extract (from 'Fever Dream', Oneworld, pp79-82), and then answer the question that follows it. The extract is a tense exchange in…

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Question 2 · 25 marks · Drama: Ama Ata Aidoo, Anowa (passage-based response)

AMA ATA AIDOO: Anowa Read the printed extract (from 'Anowa', Longman, Phase 3, pp110-112), and then answer the question that follows it. The extract is set in the wealthy Big…

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Question 3 · 25 marks · Prose: Fabio Geda, In the Sea There are Crocodiles (passage-based response)

FABIO GEDA: In the Sea There are Crocodiles Read the printed extract (from 'In the Sea There are Crocodiles', Vintage, pp125-127), and then answer the question that follows it.…

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Question 4 · 25 marks · Drama: Anton Chekhov, The Cherry Orchard (passage-based response)

ANTON CHEKHOV: The Cherry Orchard Read the printed extract (the closing pages of Act 4, Oxford edition pp292-294), and then answer the question that follows it. In the extract the…

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Question 5 · 25 marks · Poetry: Songs of Ourselves Volume 2 - Peter Reading, 'Cetacean' (passage-based response)

Selection from Songs of Ourselves, Volume 2: from Part 2 Read the poem 'Cetacean' by Peter Reading, and then answer the question that follows it. The poem records a whale-watching…

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Question 6 · 25 marks · Prose: Stories of Ourselves Volume 2 - Henrietta Rose-Innes, 'Promenade' (passage-based response)

Selection from Stories of Ourselves, Volume 2 Read the printed extract from 'Promenade' (by Henrietta Rose-Innes, Stories of Ourselves Volume 2, pp416-418), and then answer the…

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Question 7 · 25 marks · Prose: Samanta Schweblin, Fever Dream (general essay)

SAMANTA SCHWEBLIN: Fever Dream Explore how Schweblin vividly conveys Amanda's impressions of Carla. Do not use the extract printed in Question 1 in answering this question. [25]

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Question 8 · 25 marks · Drama: Ama Ata Aidoo, Anowa (general essay)

AMA ATA AIDOO: Anowa Explore the ways in which Aidoo presents masculinity in the play. Do not use the extract printed in Question 2 in answering this question. [25]

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Question 9 · 25 marks · Prose: Fabio Geda, In the Sea There are Crocodiles (general essay)

FABIO GEDA: In the Sea There are Crocodiles How does Geda memorably depict Enaiat's experiences in Greece? [25]

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Question 10 · 25 marks · Drama: Anton Chekhov, The Cherry Orchard (general essay)

ANTON CHEKHOV: The Cherry Orchard In what ways does Chekhov vividly portray Lopakhin? Do not use the extract printed in Question 4 in answering this question. [25]

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Question 11 · 25 marks · Poetry: Songs of Ourselves Volume 2 - Thomas Hardy, 'The Darkling Thrush' (general essay)

Selection from Songs of Ourselves, Volume 2: from Part 2 How does Hardy strikingly convey a change in the speaker's feelings in The Darkling Thrush? [25]

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Question 12 · 25 marks · Prose: Stories of Ourselves Volume 2 - Jhumpa Lahiri, 'Mrs Sen's' (general essay)

Selection from Stories of Ourselves, Volume 2 'Mrs Sen struggles to adapt to life in America.' In what ways does Jhumpa Lahiri memorably convey this in her story, Mrs Sen's? [25]

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