19th-century novel overview quiz - Edexcel GCSE English Literature quiz

Component 1, Section A

Component 1, Section B

Component 2, Section B

Component 2, Section A

A two-part question: a printed extract (Part a) and a whole-text essay (Part b)

A single whole-text essay only, with no printed extract provided to analyse

A comparison of two different 19th-century novels studied during the course

A question based on a printed extract only, with no whole-text essay being required

AO1 and AO2 only

AO1, AO2 and AO3

AO4 only

AO2 and AO4

An Inspector Calls by J B Priestley

Macbeth by William Shakespeare

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Animal Farm by George Orwell

Yes, every single piece of your evidence has to come straight from memory

Only for the conclusion, where you sum up the whole of your argument

Only for quotations that are specifically about the context of the novel

No, the extract is printed so you analyse the passage in front of you

The storyteller's toolkit: voice, viewpoint, structure, symbolism and characterisation

The plot of the novel, meaning the sequence of events that happen in the story

A simple list of all the characters who appear at any point in the whole novel

The length of each of the chapters and how many chapters the whole novel is divided into

It is by far the single largest assessment objective overall on the whole paper

AO3 is weighted on the whole-text part, which instructs you to refer to context

Context is the main thing that is assessed on Part (a) of the question

It is not actually assessed at all anywhere on the novel question

As a completely separate history paragraph at the very start of the essay

Only in the conclusion, once the rest of the analysis is finished

Embedded in analytical sentences where it changes the reading

Not at all, since context is never rewarded on the novel question

It cannot be used at all once you have actually finished answering Part (a)

Copy the whole of it out word for word into your Part (b) essay

Ignore the printed extract entirely while you are writing Part (b)

Pick a motif or idea from the extract and trace it across the whole novel

It treats the character as a construction and keeps the focus on narrative method

It is a strict requirement for gaining any of the AO4 marks at all on this question

It saves a useful amount of writing time during the exam itself

It is the only phrasing that the exam board will ever accept at all

A chapter-by-chapter retelling that works steadily through the whole novel

Each paragraph a new stage of the theme or character's development

A simple list of every single literary device used in the novel

A plot summary first, followed afterwards by a paragraph of context