Post-1914 text overview quiz - Edexcel GCSE English Literature quiz

Component 1, Section A

Component 2, Section A

Component 1, Section B

Component 2, Section B

A two-part question with a printed extract followed by a longer essay

A comparison of two different modern texts studied during the course

A single question based only on a printed extract from the play

A single essay with a choice of two questions and no printed extract

AO4

AO1

AO2

AO3

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

An Inspector Calls

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

The essay is open book, so you can simply look up any quotations you need

Quotations are not assessed at all in the post-1914 essay question

There is no extract, so all evidence comes from memorised quotations

Only the printed extract on the paper is used for evidence here

Pure stage management instructions that carry no real meaning at all worth analysing closely

A line of dialogue spoken aloud by one of the characters on the stage

A private note left only for the printer that the audience never experiences

An authorial instruction about action, setting or lighting that can be analysed for AO2

Frame it as 'the writer presents... in order to...', linking character to purpose

Describe the character as though they were a real, living person you had actually met

List all of the character's actions in the order they happen in the play

Avoid mentioning the writer at all and focus only on the character themselves

It does not matter in the slightest to the way an audience either understands or responds to the play

Priestley uses it so Birling's confident predictions are heard as dramatic irony by a later audience

It changes the names of the characters between the two different dates involved

It is simply a printing error in the script and has no real meaning behind it

Quickly write one more whole paragraph to add another analytical point

Add a brand new quotation that you have only just remembered at the very end

Proofread for spelling, punctuation and clumsy sentences to gain AO4 marks

Nothing at all, since the accuracy of your writing is not marked here

A simple plot summary of everything that happens in the whole of the text from start to finish

The total number of separate acts and scenes that the play is divided into

The exact date of birth of the writer who created the play or novel being studied

The view the writer wants the audience to take away, which links theme, method and context

An idea-led structure, each paragraph advancing one argument across the whole text

A scene-by-scene retelling that works steadily through the play from beginning to end

A simple list of all the characters who appear in the text and what they each do

A long paragraph of historical context first, followed only later by some analysis