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AQA
A-level
ENGLISH LITERATURE B
Paper 1B Literary genres: Aspects of comedy
Friday 24 May 2024 Morning Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes
B
Materials
E
For this paper you must have:
• an AQA 12-page answer book.
R
Instructions
TU
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
• Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is 7717/1B.
• Answer one question from Section A, one question from Section B and one question from
Section C.
A
• You may answer on the same Shakespeare play in Sections A and B.
R
• For Section C, you must write about two texts, at least one of which must be a pre-1900 drama text.
TE
• Do all rough work in your answer book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked.
Information
LI
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• The maximum mark for this paper is 75.
• You will be marked on your ability to:
SH
– use good English
– organise information clearly
– use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
LI
• In your response you need to:
– analyse carefully the writers’ methods
G
– explore the contexts of the texts you are writing about
– explore connections across the texts you have studied
EN
– explore different interpretations of your texts.
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Section A
Answer one question in this section.
Either
0 1 The Taming of the Shrew – William Shakespeare
Read the extract below and then answer the question.
Explore the significance of this extract in relation to the comedy of the play as a whole.
Remember to include in your answer relevant analysis of Shakespeare’s dramatic
methods.
B
[25 marks]
E
BAPTISTA
R
I have a daughter, sir, called Katherina.
TU
GREMIO
You are too blunt, go to it orderly.
PETRUCHIO
You wrong me, Signor Gremio, give me leave.
I am a gentleman of Verona, sir,
A
R
That hearing of her beauty and her wit,
Her affability and bashful modesty,
TE
Her wondrous qualities and mild behaviour,
Am bold to show myself a forward guest
Within your house, to make mine eye the witness
LI
Of that report which I so oft have heard.
And for an entrance to my entertainment
I do present you with a man of mine,
SH
(presenting Hortensio)
Cunning in music and the mathematics,
To instruct her fully in those sciences,
LI
Whereof I know she is not ignorant.
Accept of him, or else you do me wrong.
G
His name is Licio, born in Mantua.
BAPTISTA
EN
Y’are welcome, sir, and he for your good sake.
But for my daughter Katherine, this I know,
She is not for your turn, the more my grief.
PETRUCHIO
I see you do not mean to part with her,
Or else you like not of my company.
BAPTISTA
Mistake me not, I speak but as I find.
Whence are you, sir? What may I call your name?
PETRUCHIO
Petruchio is my name, Antonio’s son,
A man well known throughout all Italy.
IB/G/Jun24/7717/1B
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AQA
A-level
ENGLISH LITERATURE B
Paper 1B Literary genres: Aspects of comedy
Friday 24 May 2024 Morning Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes
B
Materials
E
For this paper you must have:
• an AQA 12-page answer book.
R
Instructions
TU
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
• Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is 7717/1B.
• Answer one question from Section A, one question from Section B and one question from
Section C.
A
• You may answer on the same Shakespeare play in Sections A and B.
R
• For Section C, you must write about two texts, at least one of which must be a pre-1900 drama text.
TE
• Do all rough work in your answer book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked.
Information
LI
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• The maximum mark for this paper is 75.
• You will be marked on your ability to:
SH
– use good English
– organise information clearly
– use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
LI
• In your response you need to:
– analyse carefully the writers’ methods
G
– explore the contexts of the texts you are writing about
– explore connections across the texts you have studied
EN
– explore different interpretations of your texts.
IB/G/Jun24/G4007/E3 7717/1B
Page 1 of 8
, 000002
2
Section A
Answer one question in this section.
Either
0 1 The Taming of the Shrew – William Shakespeare
Read the extract below and then answer the question.
Explore the significance of this extract in relation to the comedy of the play as a whole.
Remember to include in your answer relevant analysis of Shakespeare’s dramatic
methods.
B
[25 marks]
E
BAPTISTA
R
I have a daughter, sir, called Katherina.
TU
GREMIO
You are too blunt, go to it orderly.
PETRUCHIO
You wrong me, Signor Gremio, give me leave.
I am a gentleman of Verona, sir,
A
R
That hearing of her beauty and her wit,
Her affability and bashful modesty,
TE
Her wondrous qualities and mild behaviour,
Am bold to show myself a forward guest
Within your house, to make mine eye the witness
LI
Of that report which I so oft have heard.
And for an entrance to my entertainment
I do present you with a man of mine,
SH
(presenting Hortensio)
Cunning in music and the mathematics,
To instruct her fully in those sciences,
LI
Whereof I know she is not ignorant.
Accept of him, or else you do me wrong.
G
His name is Licio, born in Mantua.
BAPTISTA
EN
Y’are welcome, sir, and he for your good sake.
But for my daughter Katherine, this I know,
She is not for your turn, the more my grief.
PETRUCHIO
I see you do not mean to part with her,
Or else you like not of my company.
BAPTISTA
Mistake me not, I speak but as I find.
Whence are you, sir? What may I call your name?
PETRUCHIO
Petruchio is my name, Antonio’s son,
A man well known throughout all Italy.
IB/G/Jun24/7717/1B
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