2025 OCR AS Level English Literature H072/02 Drama and prose post-1900
Combined Question Paper & Final Marking Scheme
Oxford Cambridge and RSA
Friday 23 May 2025 – Morning
AS Level English Literature
H072/02 Drama and prose post-1900
Time allowed: 1 hour 45 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 – Drama Question Page
Noel Coward: Private Lives 1 3
Tennessee Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire 2 3
Harold Pinter: The Homecoming 3 4
Alan Bennett: The History Boys 4 4
Polly Stenham: That Face 5 5
Jez Butterworth: Jerusalem 6 5
Section 2 – Prose Question Page
F Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby 7 6
Angela Carter: The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories 8 7
George Orwell: Nineteen Eighty‑Four 9 8
Virginia Woolf: Mrs Dalloway 10 9
Mohsin Hamid: The Reluctant Fundamentalist 11 10
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Section 1
Drama
Noel Coward: Private Lives
Tennessee Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire
Harold Pinter: The Homecoming
Alan Bennett: The History Boys
Polly Stenham: That Face
Jez Butterworth: Jerusalem
Answer one question from this section.
You should spend about 45 minutes on this section.
1 Noel Coward: Private Lives
Either
(a) ‘The play shows what fun it can be to dominate other people.’
How far and in what ways do you agree with this view of Private Lives? [30]
Or
(b) ‘Victor is a bully with a bad temper, while Sybil is foolish and immature.’
In the light of this comment, discuss the roles of Victor and Sybil in Private Lives. [30]
2 Tennessee Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire
Either
(a) Williams argued his play was about the ‘merciless harshness of America’s success-orientated
society.’
How far and in what ways do you agree with this view of A Streetcar Named Desire? [30]
Or
(b) ‘Stella seems both tougher and gentler than her sister Blanche.’
In the light of this comment, discuss the roles of Stella and Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire.
[30]
© OCR 2025 H072/02 Jun25 Turn over
Combined Question Paper & Final Marking Scheme
Oxford Cambridge and RSA
Friday 23 May 2025 – Morning
AS Level English Literature
H072/02 Drama and prose post-1900
Time allowed: 1 hour 45 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 (CE) 332329/4 Turn over
*1329756881*
, 2
Section 1 – Drama Question Page
Noel Coward: Private Lives 1 3
Tennessee Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire 2 3
Harold Pinter: The Homecoming 3 4
Alan Bennett: The History Boys 4 4
Polly Stenham: That Face 5 5
Jez Butterworth: Jerusalem 6 5
Section 2 – Prose Question Page
F Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby 7 6
Angela Carter: The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories 8 7
George Orwell: Nineteen Eighty‑Four 9 8
Virginia Woolf: Mrs Dalloway 10 9
Mohsin Hamid: The Reluctant Fundamentalist 11 10
© OCR 2025 H072/02 Jun25
, 3
Section 1
Drama
Noel Coward: Private Lives
Tennessee Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire
Harold Pinter: The Homecoming
Alan Bennett: The History Boys
Polly Stenham: That Face
Jez Butterworth: Jerusalem
Answer one question from this section.
You should spend about 45 minutes on this section.
1 Noel Coward: Private Lives
Either
(a) ‘The play shows what fun it can be to dominate other people.’
How far and in what ways do you agree with this view of Private Lives? [30]
Or
(b) ‘Victor is a bully with a bad temper, while Sybil is foolish and immature.’
In the light of this comment, discuss the roles of Victor and Sybil in Private Lives. [30]
2 Tennessee Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire
Either
(a) Williams argued his play was about the ‘merciless harshness of America’s success-orientated
society.’
How far and in what ways do you agree with this view of A Streetcar Named Desire? [30]
Or
(b) ‘Stella seems both tougher and gentler than her sister Blanche.’
In the light of this comment, discuss the roles of Stella and Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire.
[30]
© OCR 2025 H072/02 Jun25 Turn over
