The set text study overview quiz - Edexcel GCSE Drama quiz

AO1

AO3

AO2

AO4

15 marks

30 marks

45 marks

60 marks

All books and printed texts are banned from every exam hall

You must memorise the whole play word for word

The text is not needed at all in the exam

The relevant extract is printed for you in the paper

DNA

An Inspector Calls

The Crucible

Twelfth Night

As a piece of literature, writing long essays about its themes and characters

As a theatre maker, deciding how to perform, direct and design moments

By memorising long quotations from the play only

By reading only the few most famous scenes

Writer, actor, critic

Producer, stage manager, usher

Performer, director, designer

Author, editor, publisher

A long introduction

A quotation from elsewhere in the play

A drawing of the stage

A named skill and a reason or effect

The best answers show where the extract sits in the play, letting you direct it to set up or pay off other moments

It does not matter at all, because the extract printed in the paper can always be understood completely on its own

The exam only ever tests your recall of the plot, so knowing the rest of the play in any detail is a waste of time

The printed extract is always taken from the very final scene of the play, so only the ending really needs studying

The first performer part about how you would act the role

The designer part (often 14 marks)

A short multiple-choice question on the extract

A spelling and punctuation test

A completely separate paragraph of historical background tacked on at the end

Ignoring the context entirely in your answer

Context that shapes a directorial choice and creates an effect

Only the plot of the play and nothing else

1DR0/01

1DR0/02

1DR0/3B

1DR0/3A