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CSEC English B Paper 2 May/June 2011 - Free CXC Past Paper with Answers
Free CXC English B Paper 2 May/June 2011 past paper from 2011. Includes a worked answer key. Open the PDF, take a timed test, and study with AI on Caribbean AI.
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Describe the love relationship between ONE of the following pairs of characters:
[9 marks]
Discuss the obstacles encountered by the lovers in this relationship.
[8 marks]
Show how Shakespeare uses ONE of the following devices to illustrate these obstacles:
[8 marks]
Outline Solanio and Salerio's account of what happened.
[8 marks]
Discuss the dramatic effect of this account.
[8 marks]
Show how the scene is related to Solanio and Salerio's role in the entire play.
[9 marks]
'Watching Troy's story unfold involves a constant struggle between our hearts and our heads, and we are not sure which wins in the end.' What does Wilson do to influence
our feelings about Troy throughout the play?
[8 marks]
our thoughts about Troy throughout the play?
[8 marks]
What is your final opinion about Troy? Justify your answer.
[9 marks]
In Act I Scene IV, Troy, Bono and Lyons engage in a soul-searching conversation in which they recall their personal pasts and how the past affects them. What do we learn about EACH character's past?
[6 marks]
How does Wilson show the effect of this past on EITHER Troy OR Bono OR Lyons throughout the play?
[9 marks]
What issues about black men is Wilson highlighting?
[10 marks]
'Traveling through the Dark' and 'Epitaph' are both poems in which a death is presented. Describe what happens in EACH poem.
[8 marks]
Discuss the speaker's attitude to the death in EACH poem.
[9 marks]
Identify and discuss ONE poetic device that EACH poet uses to capture the reader's attention OR create an emotional response in the reader.
[8 marks]
Choose TWO poems that you have studied, in which something OR someone is admired. Describe what OR who is admired.
[8 marks]
Identify and discuss how the poet uses ONE poetic device in EACH poem to show this admiration.
[8 marks]
Which poem do you find more appealing in its presentation of admiration? Use evidence from the poem to support your answer.
[9 marks]
You MUST state the title of any books you refer to in your answer. 'Writers encourage their readers to empathise with their MAJOR characters – that is, to feel with them and to see things from their point of view.' To what extent can this statement be applied to the MAJOR character in ONE West Indian and ONE non-West Indian novel you have studied?
[25 marks]
You MUST state the title of any books you refer to in your answer. 'Love always makes us better than we were.' Discuss how the writer shows this to be true OR not true of a MAJOR character in ONE West Indian and ONE non-West Indian novel you have studied.
[25 marks]
You MUST state the title of any books you refer to in your answer. Discuss the role played by mothers in ONE West Indian and ONE non-West Indian novel you have studied.
[25 marks]
You MUST state the title of any books you refer to in your answer. 'Being in an enclosed space can make you feel safe and protected, but it can also make you feel trapped, longing for freedom.' Discuss the effects of enclosed spaces on the life of ONE character in ONE West Indian and ONE non-West Indian novel you have studied.
[25 marks]