Paper 2 - Module A - Practice Questions

Common Questions

Question 1

'The things that are said in literature are always the same. What is important is the way they are said.' – Jorge Luis Borges

Analyse the way in which key values can be reimagined within textual conversations. In your response, make close reference to the quotation and the pair of prescribed texts that you have studied in Module A.

Question 2

You have studied a pair of prescribed texts in Textual Conversations. Analyse the way in which contextual values, concerns and anxieties influence the perspectives shared by texts.

Question 3

You have studied a pair of prescribed texts in Textual Conversations. Analyse the way in which contextual values, concerns and anxieties influence the perspectives shared by texts.

Question 4

‘Conversation lies not just between individuals, but between ideas, between cultures, between nations, between times.'

‍To what extent do the connections between your pair of prescribed texts engage in multi-layered conversations? In your response, refer to the quotation and your prescribed text.

Question 5

‘Textual conversations provide timeless insights into timeless human conditions.’

With reference to the quote, discuss how the study of Textual Conversations reveal the resonances and dissonances between your pair of prescribed texts in the portrayal of human conditions.

Question 6

‘By reframing old ideas through new lights, new literature provides more authentic and relevant accounts of human society.’

To what extent does this statement relate to your study of Textual Conversations? In your response, refer to the quotation and your pair of prescribed texts.

Text Specific Questions

Question 7 - William Shakespeare, King Richard III and Al Pacino, Looking for Richard

Analyse the portrayal of power and corruption in the textual conversation between Shakespeare’s King Richard III and Al Pacino, Looking for Richard.

Question 8 - Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway and Stephen Daldry, The Hours

Analyse the portrayal of dissatisfaction and suffering in the textual conversation between Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway
and Daldry’s The Hours.

Question 9 - Albert Camus, The Stranger and Kamel Daoud, The Mersault Investigation

Analyse the portrayal of change and interchangeability in the textual conversation between Camus’ The Stranger
and Daoud’s The Mersault Investigation.

Question 10 - John Donne, John Donne: A Selection of His Poetry and Margaret Edson, W;t

Analyse the portrayal of mortality in the textual conversation between the poetry of John Donne and Margaret
Edson’s W;t.

Question 11 - John Keats, The Complete Poems and Jane Campion, Bright Star

Analyse the portrayal of human constraints in the textual conversation between the poetry of John Keats

Question 12 - Sylvia Plath, Ariel and Ted Hughes, Birthday Letters

Analyse the portrayal of identity and subjectivity in the textual conversation between the poetry of Sylvia Plath
and Ted Hughes

Question 13 - William Shakespeare, The Tempest and Margaret Atwood, Hag-Seed

Analyse the portrayal of metafiction in the textual conversation between Shakespeare’s The Tempest and Margaret
Atwood’s Hag-Seed.