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CSEC English B Paper 2 May/June 2006 - Free CXC Past Paper with Answers
Free CXC English B Paper 2 May/June 2006 past paper from 2006. Includes a worked answer key. Open the PDF, take a timed test, and study with AI on Caribbean AI.
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EITHER
In Act I, Macbeth hires murderers to kill Banquo and Fleance.
(a) What fears does Macbeth hope to lay to rest by his action? (8 marks) (b) Explain what is ironic about the outcome of this attempt by Macbeth to secure his position. (9 marks) (c) What do subsequent events in the play suggest about Shakespeare's sense of justice? (8 marks)
[25 marks]
What fears does Macbeth hope to lay to rest by his action?
[8 marks]
Explain what is ironic about the outcome of this attempt by Macbeth to secure his position.
[9 marks]
What do subsequent events in the play suggest about Shakespeare's sense of justice?
[8 marks]
OR
During Macbeth's second meeting with the witches, he is warned to "Beware Macduff".
(a) What reasons does Macbeth have at that time to be wary of Macduff? (8 marks) (b) Relate the action Macbeth takes in response to the witches' warning, and say what that action tells us about him. (9 marks) (c) Outline Macduff's role in the final scenes of the play and say whether he is a fit avenger. (8 marks)
[25 marks]
What reasons does Macbeth have at that time to be wary of Macduff?
[8 marks]
Relate the action Macbeth takes in response to the witches' warning, and say what that action tells us about him.
[9 marks]
Outline Macduff's role in the final scenes of the play and say whether he is a fit avenger.
[8 marks]
EITHER
The first scene of the play sets the stage for major developments in the play as a whole.
(a) What do we learn from the setting as the curtain rises for the first time? (8 marks) (b) Relate the sequence of events in the first scene. (8 marks) (c) Outline the major themes that arise from the events in this scene. (9 marks)
[25 marks]
What do we learn from the setting as the curtain rises for the first time?
[8 marks]
Relate the sequence of events in the first scene.
[8 marks]
Outline the major themes that arise from the events in this scene.
[9 marks]
OR
In "The Glass Menagerie" Tennessee Williams shows the influence of men on powerful women as well as on oppressed women.
(a) How does Amanda's husband influence Amanda? (9 marks) (b) Briefly explain ONE way that Williams makes this influence appear dramatically striking to the audience. (6 marks) (c) How does Jim influence Laura and how does this change the audience's impression of her? (10 marks)
[25 marks]
How does Amanda's husband influence Amanda?
[9 marks]
Briefly explain ONE way that Williams makes this influence appear dramatically striking to the audience.
[6 marks]
How does Jim influence Laura and how does this change the audience's impression of her?
[10 marks]
EITHER 'Coolie Mother' and 'For My Mother (May I Inherit Half Her Strength)' are poems about mothers.
(a) In what ways are the mothers in the two poems similar? (8 marks) (b) In what ways are they different? (8 marks) (c) Discuss the images that EACH poet uses to create a vivid picture of the mother and say what effect they have on you. (9 marks)
[25 marks]
In what ways are the mothers in the two poems similar?
[8 marks]
In what ways are they different?
[8 marks]
Discuss the images that EACH poet uses to create a vivid picture of the mother and say what effect they have on you.
[9 marks]
OR
'Sonnets from China XV' and 'This Is the Dark Time My Love' deal with oppression.
(a) Say who the oppressors are in EACH poem and describe what they do. (10 marks) (b) In EACH poem, what makes the oppressors appear mysterious? (6 marks) (c) How does the writer of EACH poem create a sense of horror or other unpleasant feeling in the reader? (9 marks)
[25 marks]
Say who the oppressors are in EACH poem and describe what they do.
[10 marks]
In EACH poem, what makes the oppressors appear mysterious?
[6 marks]
How does the writer of EACH poem create a sense of horror or other unpleasant feeling in the reader?
[9 marks]
For EACH question marks are awarded as follows: Content and argument - 25 marks Structure, development, mechanics of writing - 10 marks You MUST state the title of any books you refer to in your answer. You should refer only to books that are on the prescribed list for this examination.
EITHER
"It is by wrestling with life's challenges that we come to maturity."
Discuss how this statement applies to a MAJOR character in ONE West Indian and ONE non-West Indian novel you have studied.
[35 marks]
OR
Compare the effect of social class on the life of a MAJOR character in ONE West Indian and ONE non-West Indian novel you have studied.
[35 marks]
OR
Discuss how the development of a MAJOR character, in ONE West Indian and ONE non-West Indian novel you have studied, is affected by a significant experience (or experiences) at school.
[35 marks]
OR
Discuss the authors' use of the physical environment in ONE West Indian and ONE non-West Indian novel you have studied.
[35 marks]