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Past AN INSPECTOR CALLS questions:
JANUARY 2011
EITHER
Question 17: How does Priestley show that tension is at the heart of the Birling family? (30 marks)
OR
Question 18: Priestley criticises the selfishness of people like the Birlings. What methods does he use to present this selfishness? (30 marks)
JUNE 2011
EITHER
Question 17: An Inspector Calls has been called ‘a play of contrasts’. Write about how Priestley presents some of the contrasts in the play. (30 marks)
OR
Question 18: How does Priestley present the change in Sheila during the course of the play An Inspector Calls? How do you think this change reflects some of Priestley’s ideas? (30 marks)
JAN 2012
EITHER
Question 17: Arthur Birling says, ‘If we were all responsible for everything that happened to everybody we’d had anything to do with, it would be very awkward, wouldn’t it?’ How does Priestley present ideas about responsibility in An Inspector Calls? (30 marks)
OR
Question 18: How do you respond to Gerald in An Inspector Calls? How does Priestley make you respond as you do by the ways he writes? (30 marks)
JUNE 2012
EITHER
Question 17: What do you think is the importance of Inspector Goole and how does Priestley present him? (30 marks)
OR
Question 18 Remind yourself of the stage directions below from the start of Act 1. In the rest of the play, how does Priestley present and develop some of the ideas shown here? (30 marks)
JAN 2013
EITHER
Question 17: In Act 2 of An Inspector Calls, Sheila says to her mother, Mrs Birling, “But we really must stop these silly pretences”. How does Priestley show, in his presentation of Mrs Birling, that she often pretends to be something she is not? (30 marks) SPaG: (4 marks)
OR
Question 18 How important do you think social class is in An Inspector Calls and how does Priestley present ideas about social class? (30 marks) SPaG: (4 marks)
JUNE 2013
EITHER
Question 17: Remind yourself of the ending of the play from ‘The telephone rings sharply……..’ to ‘……..the curtain falls’. How do you respond to this as an ending to An Inspector Calls and how does Priestley make you respond as you do by the way he writes? (30 marks) SPaG: (4 marks)
OR
Question 18: In the opening stage directions, Priestley refers to Eric as ‘not quite at ease, half shy, half assertive’. How does Priestley present these and other ideas about Eric in An Inspector Calls? (30 marks) SPaG: (4 marks)
JUNE 2014
EITHER
Question 17: How does Priestley present ideas about gender in An Inspector Calls? (30 marks) SPaG: (4 marks)
OR
Question 18: What do you think is the importance of Eva Smith in An Inspector Calls and how does Priestley present her? (30 marks) SPaG: (4 marks)
EITHER
Question 17: How does Priestley show that tension is at the heart of the Birling family? (30 marks)
OR
Question 18: Priestley criticises the selfishness of people like the Birlings. What methods does he use to present this selfishness? (30 marks)
JUNE 2011
EITHER
Question 17: An Inspector Calls has been called ‘a play of contrasts’. Write about how Priestley presents some of the contrasts in the play. (30 marks)
OR
Question 18: How does Priestley present the change in Sheila during the course of the play An Inspector Calls? How do you think this change reflects some of Priestley’s ideas? (30 marks)
JAN 2012
EITHER
Question 17: Arthur Birling says, ‘If we were all responsible for everything that happened to everybody we’d had anything to do with, it would be very awkward, wouldn’t it?’ How does Priestley present ideas about responsibility in An Inspector Calls? (30 marks)
OR
Question 18: How do you respond to Gerald in An Inspector Calls? How does Priestley make you respond as you do by the ways he writes? (30 marks)
JUNE 2012
EITHER
Question 17: What do you think is the importance of Inspector Goole and how does Priestley present him? (30 marks)
OR
Question 18 Remind yourself of the stage directions below from the start of Act 1. In the rest of the play, how does Priestley present and develop some of the ideas shown here? (30 marks)
JAN 2013
EITHER
Question 17: In Act 2 of An Inspector Calls, Sheila says to her mother, Mrs Birling, “But we really must stop these silly pretences”. How does Priestley show, in his presentation of Mrs Birling, that she often pretends to be something she is not? (30 marks) SPaG: (4 marks)
OR
Question 18 How important do you think social class is in An Inspector Calls and how does Priestley present ideas about social class? (30 marks) SPaG: (4 marks)
JUNE 2013
EITHER
Question 17: Remind yourself of the ending of the play from ‘The telephone rings sharply……..’ to ‘……..the curtain falls’. How do you respond to this as an ending to An Inspector Calls and how does Priestley make you respond as you do by the way he writes? (30 marks) SPaG: (4 marks)
OR
Question 18: In the opening stage directions, Priestley refers to Eric as ‘not quite at ease, half shy, half assertive’. How does Priestley present these and other ideas about Eric in An Inspector Calls? (30 marks) SPaG: (4 marks)
JUNE 2014
EITHER
Question 17: How does Priestley present ideas about gender in An Inspector Calls? (30 marks) SPaG: (4 marks)
OR
Question 18: What do you think is the importance of Eva Smith in An Inspector Calls and how does Priestley present her? (30 marks) SPaG: (4 marks)
SO WHAT HASN'T COME UP?
It's almost impossible to predict the content of the exam, and some ideas from previous years could be repeated. However, the following ideas/themes/characters are yet to be the focus, so revise them carefully:
> mr birling
> morality
> religion
> Corruption
> EXPLOITATION
> Priestley's Use of timing
PAST TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD QUESTIONS:
Below, you can view and download all the past Literature papers. If you search for the 'To Kill a Mockingbird' questions in Section B, you can use these for practice. Some extracts have been removed for copyright reasons; if you want a copy that does have the text to analyse, ask me in school and I'll get you one from when it was actually used in the exam.
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Summary of part B questions:
June 2014 In the rest of the novel, what does Lee show about Maycomb society from people’s attitudes to the Radley family?
June 2013 In the rest of the novel, how does Lee use the trial of Tom Robinson to show some of the attitudes of Maycomb society?
Jan 2013 After this passage, Mr Dolphus Raymond talks about “the hell white people give coloured folks”. In the rest of the novel, how does Lee show white people giving the black community “hell”?
June 2012 In the novel, how does Lee show that other people expect Scout to behave in particular ways? What do you think these expectations show about the society in which the novel is set?
Jan 2012 In the novel as a whole, how does Lee show what life was like in a small town such as Maycomb in 1930s southern America?
June 2011 How does Lee use Atticus in one other event in the novel to show injustice in America in the 1930s?
Jan 2011 How does Lee present Mayella Ewell in the novel as a whole?
June 2013 In the rest of the novel, how does Lee use the trial of Tom Robinson to show some of the attitudes of Maycomb society?
Jan 2013 After this passage, Mr Dolphus Raymond talks about “the hell white people give coloured folks”. In the rest of the novel, how does Lee show white people giving the black community “hell”?
June 2012 In the novel, how does Lee show that other people expect Scout to behave in particular ways? What do you think these expectations show about the society in which the novel is set?
Jan 2012 In the novel as a whole, how does Lee show what life was like in a small town such as Maycomb in 1930s southern America?
June 2011 How does Lee use Atticus in one other event in the novel to show injustice in America in the 1930s?
Jan 2011 How does Lee present Mayella Ewell in the novel as a whole?