CCEA GCSE English Literature Unit 2 Section A: The Study of Drama quiz quiz

10 percent

20 percent

25 percent

50 percent

Open book, with unannotated texts allowed

Closed book, no texts allowed

Open book, with annotated texts allowed

As controlled assessment

AO1 and AO2 only

AO3 only

AO1, AO2 and AO4

AO2 and AO3

By a narrator's commentary

Through dialogue, stage action and how others react

Only through the title

Only in the final scene

Describing the two characters separately

Counting their lines

How the relationship develops or changes across the play

The setting only

They are the dramatist's craft and often the best evidence

They are only for the director

They never reveal character

They replace the need for quotation

A joke in the dialogue

A stage direction

When two characters argue

When the audience knows something a character does not

Only the opening line

The order of scenes, the climax, act endings and the final image

The number of characters

The font of the script

A single event in the plot

An idea the play explores, such as responsibility or guilt

A character's costume

The list of acts

List every line that mentions it

Describe the plot in order

Through the characters, scenes and dramatic methods that develop it

Quote only the ending

As a separate paragraph of history

Woven into analysis to illuminate the dramatist's ideas and purpose

Only in the introduction

Not at all

They are always the same

Dates never affect meaning

Only the setting matters

A play set in the past but written later may comment on its own present

A point, precise evidence, analysis of method and effect, context where relevant, and a link to the line

A summary of the scene

A list of characters

Only a quotation

Read the whole play during the exam

Quote accurately, but know your key scenes so you do not waste time hunting

Avoid quoting from it

Copy long passages into your answer

Drama is worth more

Poetry needs no time

The drama essay and poetry comparison each carry 25 percent

The exam has no time limit

Retelling the plot and treating the play like a novel

Quoting stage directions

Forming an interpretation

Analysing dramatic irony