2015

MOCK TRIAL
EXAMINATION

English (Advanced)
Paper 2 — Modules
General Instructions Total marks – 60

• Reading time – 5 minutes Section 1 Pages 2-4

• Working time – 2 hours 20 marks
• Write using black or blue pen - Attempt Question 1
• Black pen is preferred - Allow about 40 minutes for this section
• Write your name on every page

Section 2 Page 5-6

20 marks
- Attempt Question 2
- Allow about 40 minutes for this section

Section 3 Pages 7-8

20 marks
- Attempt Question 3
- Allow about 40 minutes for this section

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Section I — Module A: Comparative Study of Texts and Context

20 marks
Attempt either Question 1 or Question 2
Allow about 40 minutes for this section

In your answer you will be assessed on how well you:

▪ demonstrate understanding of the meanings of a pair of texts when considered together
▪ evaluate the relationships between texts and contexts
▪ organise, develop and express ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose and
form

Question 1 — Elective 1: Intertextual Connections (20 marks)

(a) Shakespearean Drama and Film

The pursuit of individual recognition is an idea which connects King Richard III and
Looking for Richard.

How is this idea shaped and reshaped in these texts from different contexts?

The prescribed texts are:

– William Shakespeare, King Richard III and

– Al Pacino, Looking for Richard

OR

(b) Prose Fiction and Nonfiction

The challenge of living your own life is an idea which connects Pride and Prejudice and
Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen.

How is this idea shaped and reshaped in these texts from different contexts?

The prescribed texts are:

– Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice and

– Fay Weldon, Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen

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(c) Prose Fiction and Film

The challenge of living your own life is an idea which connects Mrs Dalloway and
The Hours.

How is this idea shaped and reshaped in these texts from different contexts?

Your prescribed texts are:

- Woolf, Virginia, Mrs Dalloway

- Steven Daldry, The Hours

End of Question 1

OR

Question 2 — Elective 2: Intertextual Perspectives (20 marks)

(a) Prose Fiction and Film

‘To what extent has your comparative study of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis and George
Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty Four provided intertextual perspectives on the tensions of
individualism?’

In your response, make detailed reference to your prescribed texts.

The prescribed texts are:

- Orwell, George, Nineteen Eighty Four

- Lang, Fritz, Metropolis

End of Question 2

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Section II — Module B: Critical Study of Text

20 marks
Answer ONE question from Questions 3 -5
Allow about 40 minutes for this section

In your answer you will be assessed on how well you:

• demonstrate an informed understanding of the ideas expressed in the text
• evaluate the text’s language, content and construction
• organise, develop and express ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose and
form

Question 3 — Shakespearean Drama – William Shakespeare, Hamlet (20 marks)

‘Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a valued text because it continues to engage audiences through its
dramatic treatment of struggle and disillusionment.’

In the light of your critical study, does this statement resonate with your own interpretation of
Hamlet?

In your response, make detailed reference to the play.

End of Question 3

OR

Question 4 — Prose Fiction, Cloudstreet (20 marks)

Cloudstreet is a valued text because it explores challenging ideas of resilience and healing.

Discuss this statement in light of your understanding of Tim Winton’s Cloudstreet.

In your response, make detailed reference to the novel.

End of Question 4

OR

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Question 5 — Poetry, TS Eliot (20 marks)

Eliot’s poetry is valued because it explores challenging ideas of alienation and quiet personal
despair.

Discuss this statement in light of your understanding of Eliot’s poems.

In your response, make detailed reference to TWO poems set for study.

The prescribed poems are:

▪ The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,

▪ Preludes
▪ Rhapsody on a Windy Night
▪ The Hollow Men
▪ Journey of the Magi

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Section III — Module C: Representation and Text

20 marks
Attempt either Question 6 or Question 7
Allow about 40 minutes for this section

In your answer you will be assessed on how well you:

• demonstrate an informed understanding of the ideas expressed in the text
• evaluate the text’s language, content and construction
• organise, develop and express ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose and
form

Question 6: Elective 1: Representing People and Politics (20 marks)

‘All representations are acts of manipulation.’

To what extent does your study representation of people and politics support this statement?

In your response, make detailed reference to your prescribed text and ONE other related text of
your own choosing.

The prescribed texts are:

- Shakespearean Drama – William Shakespeare, King Henry IV Part 1

- Prose Fiction - Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

- Drama – Arthur Miller, The Crucible

- Film – Barry Levinson, Wag the Dog

- Nonfiction - Henry Reynolds, Why Weren’t We Told?

- Poetry – WH Auden

The prescribed poems are:

▪ ‘O what is that sound which so thrills the ear’,
▪ ‘Spain’
▪ ‘Epitaph on a Tyrant’
▪ ‘In Memory of W.B. Yeats’
▪ ‘September 1, 1939’
▪ ‘The Unknown Citizen’
▪ ‘The Shield of Achilles’

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Question 7: Elective 2: Representing People and Landscapes (20 marks)

‘All representations are acts of manipulation.’

To what extent does your study representation of people and landscapes support this statement?

In your response, make detailed reference to your prescribed text and ONE other related text of
your own choosing.

The prescribed texts are:

- Prose Fiction - Harrison, Melissa, Clay

- Tóibín, Colm, Brooklyn
- White, Patrick, The Tree of Man

- Film – de Heer, Rolf, Ten Canoes

- Nonfiction - de Botton, Alain, The Art of Travel

- Poetry – Judith Wright

The prescribed poems are:

▪ ‘The Hawthorn Hedge’,
▪ ‘Brothers and Sisters’,
▪ ‘South of My Days’,
▪ ‘For New England’,
▪ ‘Flame-tree in a Quarry’,
▪ ‘Train Journey’,
▪ ‘Moving South’

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