AQA A-level HISTORY 7042/2L Component 2L Italy and Fascism, c1900–1945| QUESTION PAPER & MARKING SCHEME| [MERGED] Marking scheme June 2023 | Version: 1.0 Final

AQA A-level HISTORY 7042/2L Component 2L Italy and Fascism, c1900–1945 Version: 1.0 Final IB/M/Jun23/E4 7042/2L A-level HISTORY Component 2L Italy and Fascism, c1900–1945 Friday 9 June 2023 Afternoon Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes Materials For this paper you must have: • an AQA 16-page answer book. Instructions • Use black ink or black ball-point pen. • Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is 7042/2L. • Answer three questions. In Section A answer Question 01. In Section B answer two questions. Information • The marks for questions are shown in brackets. • The maximum mark for this paper is 80. • You will be marked on your ability to: – use good English – organise information clearly – use specialist vocabulary where appropriate. Advice • You are advised to spend about: – 1 hour on Question 01 from Section A – 45 minutes on each of the two questions answered from Section B. 2 IB/M/Jun23/7042/2L Section A Answer Question 01. Source A From the war memoirs of an army officer, Ardengo Soffici, published 1919. Soffici was a Nationalist and supported the war. He witnessed the defeat at Caporetto in 1917. Immediately after the defeat at Caporetto, what struck me most was the calm of many of the soldiers. Some lay stretched out in the sun, enjoying the deep sleep of young men. Being peasants, others were wandering around examining carefully the nature of the crops and the soil. Are these beaten men? No! Are they deserters, rebels or traitors? No! Are they – let us be honest – cowards? No! The soldiers are victims. The soldiers are uncomprehending. The soldiers are deceived. There is no evil in them. Italy is like a flower; a flower which is dying because its roots are in very poor soil. The evil which is destroying Italy is in the roots and the soil. The evil is the humiliation and embarrassment caused by the politicians in Rome who divide, cause disagreements, lie and bicker. The government has abandoned us. T