GCSE
ENGLISH LITERATURE
Paper 2 Shakespeare and unseen poetry
Time allowed: 1 hour 45 minutes
Materials
For this paper you must have:
• an AQA 16-page Answer Book.
Instructions
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Do not use pencil.
• Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is 8702/2.
Answer one question from Section A and both questions in Section B.
• You must not use a dictionary.
Information
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• The maximum mark for this paper is 70.
• AO4 will be assessed in Section A and Section B. AO4 assesses the following skills: use a
range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling
and punctuation.
• There are 30 marks for Section A with 4 additional marks available for AO4
• There are 24 marks for Section B question 07.1 with 4 additional marks available for AO4
• There are 8 marks for Section B question 07.2
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SECTION A
Shakespeare Question Page
Macbeth 01 4–5
Romeo and Juliet 02 6
The Tempest 03 7
The Merchant of Venice 04 8
Much Ado About Nothing 05 9
Julius Caesar 06 10
SECTION B Question Page
Unseen poetry 07.1 12
07.2 13
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