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CSEC English B Paper 2 May/June 2015 - Free CXC Past Paper with Answers
Free CXC English B Paper 2 May/June 2015 past paper from 2015. Includes a worked answer key. Open the PDF, take a timed test, and study with AI on Caribbean AI.
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In Act I Scene 1, Flavius says "These growing feathers pluck'd from Caesar's wing/Will make him fly an ordinary pitch."
[25 marks]
Describe what happens in the opening scene of the play (Act I Scene 1).
[8 marks]
Compare the views of Caesar presented in the opening scene of the play.
[8 marks]
How does Shakespeare show that this scene is important to the play as a whole?
[9 marks]
In Act I Scene 2, Caesar is warned, "Beware the Ides of March".
[25 marks]
Describe what happens in this scene (Act I Scene 2).
[8 marks]
Describe ONE other instance in the play when Caesar is warned and describe his reaction to this warning.
[8 marks]
Show how these warnings are significant to the play as a whole.
[9 marks]
Refer to mime of the lost traveller to answer this question.
[25 marks]
Describe what happens in mime of the lost traveller.
[8 marks]
Discuss TWO characteristics of the Bale that are revealed in mime of the lost traveller.
[8 marks]
Show how this mime is used as a technique to advance the plot.
[9 marks]
"The Bale proves time and again that he is very clever."
[25 marks]
Describe TWO incidents in which the Bale is shown as being clever.
[8 marks]
To what extent is the Bale an admirable character?
[8 marks]
Discuss the importance of the title, The Lion and the Jewel, in bringing out the Bale's overall significance.
[9 marks]
"In 'Theme for English B' and 'A Lesson for this Sunday', the speakers learn something important about life."
For EACH poem:
[25 marks]
Describe what happens.
[8 marks]
Discuss the understanding of life that the speaker arrives at.
[8 marks]
Examine ONE device which the poet uses to convey the speaker's understanding about life.
[9 marks]
Select TWO poems from the prescribed list in which the idea of resistance is presented.
For EACH poem:
[25 marks]
Describe the nature of the resistance.
[8 marks]
Discuss the way in which the speaker deals with the resistance.
[8 marks]
Examine ONE device which the poet uses to explore the idea of resistance.
[9 marks]
Matron (Olga Trask) represents herself as someone who is very sympathetic to the elderly women who live at Frangipani House.
[25 marks]
Describe ONE incident that portrays Matron's treatment of the elderly women.
[8 marks]
Discuss how Mama King reacts to Matron's care.
[8 marks]
Discuss how the writer uses flashbacks to help us understand Mama King's reaction to Matron's 'care'.
[9 marks]
At Frangipani House, Mama King feels "trapped like a bee in a bottle".
[25 marks]
Describe what causes Mama King to feel trapped.
[8 marks]
Discuss ONE issue that Mama King highlights about institutions for the elderly.
[8 marks]
Discuss how Mama King's memories function as an escape.
[9 marks]
(a) Describe ONE of the following relationships:
[25 marks]
Describe ONE of the following relationships:
[8 marks]
Discuss the impact of culture on the father-son relationship described in (a) above.
[8 marks]
Examine Achebe's use of ONE literary device to highlight the significance of this father-son relationship to the novel as a whole.
[9 marks]
Things Fall Apart focuses on a community's experience of cultural change.
[25 marks]
Describe TWO changes that occur as a result of the arrival of the Europeans.
[8 marks]
Discuss how TWO characters respond to the changes described in (a) above.
[8 marks]
Examine Achebe's use of the THREE sections of the novel to reflect the cultural changes that take place in the community.
[9 marks]
In the stories "The Two Grandmothers" and "To Da-Duh, In Memoriam", grandmothers have great influence.
[25 marks]
Describe what happens in EACH story.
[8 marks]
Compare the grandmothers' influence on the granddaughters' view of herself.
[8 marks]
Of the three grandmothers presented in the two stories above, comment on the effectiveness of the writer's presentation of ONE of the grandmothers.
[9 marks]
Choose TWO stories from the prescribed list which focus on conflict.
For EACH story:
[25 marks]
Describe the nature of the conflict.
[8 marks]
Discuss the development and resolution of the conflict examined in (a) above.
[8 marks]
Examine the writer's use of dialogue in developing the conflict.
[9 marks]