GCSE 2025
English Literature
H072/02: Drama and prose post-1900
*9883841251*
AS Level
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 2024 [601/4726/X] DC (RW) 320833/4
,H072/02 Mark Scheme June 2024
OCR is an exempt Charity
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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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,H072/02 Mark Scheme June 2024
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) ‘Private Lives is an entertaining play without a moral.’
How far and in what ways do you agree with this view of Private Lives? [30] Or
(b) ‘Stylish, amusing, cruel.’
In the light of this comment, discuss the role of Amanda in Private Lives. [30]
2 Tennessee Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire
Either
(a) ‘Throughout the play, we are aware of the pressure the past exerts on the present.’
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How far and in what ways do you agree with this view of A Streetcar Named Desire? [30] Or
(b) ‘Blanche despises and ignores the day-to-day realities of life.’
How far and in what ways do you agree with this view of the role of Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire? [30]
3 Harold Pinter: The Homecoming
Either
(a) ‘Power games played in a domestic setting.’
How far and in what ways do you agree with this view of The Homecoming? [30] Or
(b) ‘Teddy is not really one of the boys.’
How far and in what ways do you agree with this view of the role of Teddy in The Homecoming?
[30]
4 Alan Bennett: The History Boys
Either
(a) ‘It is never quite clear whether the boys gain or lose by the teaching they receive.’
How far and in what ways do you agree with this comment on The History Boys? [30]
Or
(b) ‘Hector is a born rebel, but a very unpredictable one.’
How far and in what ways do you agree with this view of the role of Hector in The History Boys?
[30]
5 Polly Stenham: That Face
4
English Literature
H072/02: Drama and prose post-1900
*9883841251*
AS Level
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 2024 [601/4726/X] DC (RW) 320833/4
,H072/02 Mark Scheme June 2024
OCR is an exempt Charity
Turn over
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
2
,H072/02 Mark Scheme June 2024
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) ‘Private Lives is an entertaining play without a moral.’
How far and in what ways do you agree with this view of Private Lives? [30] Or
(b) ‘Stylish, amusing, cruel.’
In the light of this comment, discuss the role of Amanda in Private Lives. [30]
2 Tennessee Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire
Either
(a) ‘Throughout the play, we are aware of the pressure the past exerts on the present.’
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How far and in what ways do you agree with this view of A Streetcar Named Desire? [30] Or
(b) ‘Blanche despises and ignores the day-to-day realities of life.’
How far and in what ways do you agree with this view of the role of Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire? [30]
3 Harold Pinter: The Homecoming
Either
(a) ‘Power games played in a domestic setting.’
How far and in what ways do you agree with this view of The Homecoming? [30] Or
(b) ‘Teddy is not really one of the boys.’
How far and in what ways do you agree with this view of the role of Teddy in The Homecoming?
[30]
4 Alan Bennett: The History Boys
Either
(a) ‘It is never quite clear whether the boys gain or lose by the teaching they receive.’
How far and in what ways do you agree with this comment on The History Boys? [30]
Or
(b) ‘Hector is a born rebel, but a very unpredictable one.’
How far and in what ways do you agree with this view of the role of Hector in The History Boys?
[30]
5 Polly Stenham: That Face
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