AQA Level 1/2 Certificate Foundation Tier June 2014

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1 AQA Level 1/2 Certificate Foundation Tier June 2014 English Literature 87101F Paper 1 Tuesday 20 May am to am F For this paper you must have: an AQA 8-page answer book. Time allowed 1 hour 30 minutes Instructions Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The paper reference is 87101F. Answer two questions. Answer the question in Section A and one question from Section B. You must have a copy of the text/s you have studied in the examination room. The texts must not be annotated and must not contain additional notes or materials. Write your answers in the answer book provided. Do all rough work in your answer book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked. You must not use a dictionary. Information The marks for questions are shown in brackets. The maximum mark for this paper is 75. You should: use good English organise information clearly use specialist vocabulary where appropriate. Advice You are advised to spend about 45 minutes on Section A and about 45 minutes on Section B. IB/M/Jun14/E F

2 2 Section A: Unseen poetry Answer both parts of the question. Spend about 45 minutes on this section. Question Read the following poem carefully and then answer the question below. Ex-miner The man next door to me was a miner Until the dust filled his lungs like coal-sacks; Now he s good for nothing so he says. Now he walks in slippers and leans on walls, And eats the clean air while his eyes fix on Reaching the bottom of his garden. His wife hides the Woodbines* for his own good, The pub s half-a-day s walk away for him And it s cruel crawling to the privy**. So few pleasures remain to him That he takes a grim-sour joy in rudeness To neighbours: he savours the honorary title Of old misery-guts like a vintage wine. His other treat s to stand upright each day And not to bang his head against the sky. *Woodbines = brand of cigarettes **privy = outside toilet Adrian Burke Answer and Part (b) What problems and pleasures does the ex-miner have in his life? What methods does the poet use to present the ex-miner and his life? [35 marks]

3 3 Section B: Set Texts Answer one question from this section. Spend about 45 minutes on this section. Arthur Miller: A View from the Bridge EITHER Question Answer and Part (b) How does Alfieri s opening speech from You wouldn t have known it to run its bloody course prepare the audience for what is to come in the play? How does Miller present Alfieri in the play as a whole? Henrik Ibsen: A Doll s House Question Answer and Part (b) How does Ibsen present Mrs Linde in A Doll s House? In what ways do you think Mrs Linde and Nora are different and/or similar? Turn over

4 4 R C Sherriff: Journey s End Question Answer and Part (b) How does Sherriff present the character of Hibbert in Journey s End? How much sympathy do you have for Hibbert? Refer closely to the play to support your ideas.

5 5 William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet Question Read the following extract from Act 3 Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet and then answer the question below. Enter TYBALT, PETRUCHIO, and others. BENVOLIO By my head, here comes the Capulets. MERCUTIO By my heel, I care not. TYBALT Follow me close, for I will speak to them. Gentlemen, good den, a word with one of you. MERCUTIO And but one word with one of us? couple it with something, make it a word and a blow. TYBALT You shall find me apt enough to that, sir, and you will give me occasion. MERCUTIO Could you not take some occasion without giving? TYBALT Mercutio, thou consortest with Romeo. MERCUTIO Consort? what, dost thou make us minstrels? And thou make minstrels of us, look to hear nothing but discords. Here s my fiddlestick, here s that shall make you dance. Zounds, consort! BENVOLIO We talk here in the public haunt of men: Either withdraw unto some private place, Or reason coldly of your grievances, Or else depart; here all eyes gaze on us. MERCUTIO Men s eyes were made to look, and let them gaze; I will not budge for no man s pleasure, I. Enter ROMEO. TYBALT Well, peace be with you, sir, here comes my man. MERCUTIO But I ll be hanged, sir, if he wear your livery. Marry, go before to field, he ll be your follower; Your worship in that sense may call him man. Answer and Part (b) How does Shakespeare present the character of Mercutio in this extract? How do you respond to Mercutio in the play as a whole? Turn over

6 6 Charlotte Keatley: My Mother Said I Never Should Question Answer and Part (b) What do you learn about the relationship between Margaret and Doris in Act 1 Scene 7? How does Keatley present their relationship in the play as a whole? Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice Question Answer and Part (b) Remind yourself of the first appearance of Wickham in Chapter 15 of Pride and Prejudice from But the attention of every lady. What do you learn about the character of Wickham in this chapter? How does Austen present Wickham in the novel as a whole?

7 7 Charles Dickens: Great Expectations Question Answer and Part (b) How does Dickens present Magwitch in Chapter 1 of Great Expectations? How do you respond to Magwitch in the novel as a whole? Turn over for the next question Turn over

8 8 Kazuo Ishiguro: Never Let Me Go Question Read the following extract from Never Let Me Go and then answer the question below. This extract Never Let Me Go, page 68, has been removed due to third party copyright restrictions. Answer and Part (b) How does Ishiguro present Miss Lucy in this passage? In what ways do you think Miss Lucy is different from the other guardians at Hailsham?

9 9 Mark Haddon: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Question Answer and Part (b) One reader called the book funny and deeply moving. Write about any TWO incidents in the story that you think are funny and/or moving. What methods does Haddon use to make your chosen incidents funny and/or moving? END OF QUESTIONS Turn over

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12 12 There are no questions printed on this page Acknowledgement of copyright-holders and publishers Permission to reproduce all copyright material has been applied for. In some cases, efforts to contact copyright-holders have been unsuccessful and AQA will be happy to rectify any omissions of acknowledgements in future if notified. Question 1: Ex-Miner first published1982 in Sheaf, copyright Adrian Burke. Copyright 2014 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.