2025 OCR AS Level English Literature
H072/01 Shakespeare and poetry pre-1900 Combined Question Paper & Final Marking Scheme
Oxford Cambridge and RSA
Thursday 15 May 2025 – Morning
AS Level English Literature
H072/01 Shakespeare and poetry pre-1900
Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
You must have:
• the OCR 12-page Answer Booklet
INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink.
• Write your answer to each question in the Answer Booklet. The question numbers must
be clearly shown.
• Fill in the boxes on the front of the Answer Booklet.
• Answer one question in Section 1 and one in Section 2.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 60.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• This document has 12 pages.
ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
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Section 1 – Shakespeare Question Page
Coriolanus 1 3
Hamlet 2 3
Measure for Measure 3 4
Richard Ill 4 4
The Tempest 5 4
Twelfth Night 6 5
Section 2 – Poetry pre-1900 Question Page
Geoffrey Chaucer: The Merchant’s Prologue and Tale 7 6
John Milton: Paradise Lost Books 9 & 10 8 8
Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Selected Poems 9 9
Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Maud 10 10
Christina Rossetti: Selected Poems 11 12
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Section 1 – Shakespeare
Coriolanus
Hamlet
Measure for Measure
Richard III
The Tempest
Twelfth Night
Answer one question from this section.
You should spend about 45 minutes on this section.
1 Coriolanus
Either
(a) ‘A play in which all the characters put themselves first.’
How far and in what ways do you agree with this view of the play Coriolanus? [30]
Or
(b) ‘Menenius is generally right about things.’
How far and in what ways do you agree with this view of the role of Menenius Agrippa in the play
Coriolanus? [30]
2 Hamlet
Either
(a) ‘In the play Hamlet retaliation does more harm than good.’
How far and in what ways do you agree with this view of the play Hamlet? [30]
Or
(b) ‘Ophelia is drawn into a corrupt world through no fault of her own.’
How far and in what ways do you agree with this view of the role of Ophelia in the play Hamlet?
[30]
© OCR 2025 H072/01 Jun25 Turn over
H072/01 Shakespeare and poetry pre-1900 Combined Question Paper & Final Marking Scheme
Oxford Cambridge and RSA
Thursday 15 May 2025 – Morning
AS Level English Literature
H072/01 Shakespeare and poetry pre-1900
Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
You must have:
• the OCR 12-page Answer Booklet
INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink.
• Write your answer to each question in the Answer Booklet. The question numbers must
be clearly shown.
• Fill in the boxes on the front of the Answer Booklet.
• Answer one question in Section 1 and one in Section 2.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 60.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• This document has 12 pages.
ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
, © OCR 2025 [601/4726/X] OCR is an exempt Charity
DC (DE) 337083/6 Turn over
*1329627051*
, 2
Section 1 – Shakespeare Question Page
Coriolanus 1 3
Hamlet 2 3
Measure for Measure 3 4
Richard Ill 4 4
The Tempest 5 4
Twelfth Night 6 5
Section 2 – Poetry pre-1900 Question Page
Geoffrey Chaucer: The Merchant’s Prologue and Tale 7 6
John Milton: Paradise Lost Books 9 & 10 8 8
Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Selected Poems 9 9
Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Maud 10 10
Christina Rossetti: Selected Poems 11 12
© OCR 2025 H072/01 Jun25
, 3
Section 1 – Shakespeare
Coriolanus
Hamlet
Measure for Measure
Richard III
The Tempest
Twelfth Night
Answer one question from this section.
You should spend about 45 minutes on this section.
1 Coriolanus
Either
(a) ‘A play in which all the characters put themselves first.’
How far and in what ways do you agree with this view of the play Coriolanus? [30]
Or
(b) ‘Menenius is generally right about things.’
How far and in what ways do you agree with this view of the role of Menenius Agrippa in the play
Coriolanus? [30]
2 Hamlet
Either
(a) ‘In the play Hamlet retaliation does more harm than good.’
How far and in what ways do you agree with this view of the play Hamlet? [30]
Or
(b) ‘Ophelia is drawn into a corrupt world through no fault of her own.’
How far and in what ways do you agree with this view of the role of Ophelia in the play Hamlet?
[30]
© OCR 2025 H072/01 Jun25 Turn over
