AQA A-Level English Literature A Paper 2: Texts in shared contexts (2A), June 2025
Every question from AQA A-Level English Literature A Paper 2: Texts in shared contexts (2A), June 2025 (7712): 18 questions, 450 marks, each with its mark scheme and topic.
- Question 1 25 marks
Examine the view that 'the most powerful poems focus on passive endurance rather than active combat' with reference to at least two poems from the anthology Up the Line to Death.
WW1 and its aftermath · Up the Line to Death
- Question 2 25 marks
Examine the significance of fate and chance in Up the Line to Death, writing about at least two poems in your answer.
WW1 and its aftermath · Up the Line to Death
- Question 3 25 marks
Examine the view that the poets in the anthology Scars Upon My Heart present men as victims rather than heroes, writing about at least two poems.
WW1 and its aftermath · Scars Upon My Heart
- Question 4 25 marks
Examine the view that, in Scars Upon My Heart, women never challenge male authority, writing about at least two poems.
WW1 and its aftermath · Scars Upon My Heart
- Question 5 25 marks
Explore the significance of team spirit and shared values in the extract, analysing the ways in which Harris shapes meanings.
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- Question 6 25 marks
Compare the significance of team spirit and shared values in two texts from the First World War and its aftermath, using one drama text and one prose text with at least one written post-2000.
WW1 and its aftermath · Regeneration · Birdsong · Oh! What a Lovely War · Journey’s End · The Return of the Soldier · All Quiet on the Western Front · Strange Meeting · A Farewell to Arms · Goodbye to All That · A Long, Long Way · The First Casualty · Life Class · The Accrington Pals · Blackadder Goes Forth · My Boy Jack · The Wipers Times
- Question 7 25 marks
Examine the view that 'Oh! What a Lovely War' is 'a play about politics rather than the war itself'.
WW1 and its aftermath · Oh! What a Lovely War
- Question 8 25 marks
Examine the view that Oh! What a Lovely War conveys its anti-war message more powerfully through props, images, and slides than through spoken language.
WW1 and its aftermath · Oh! What a Lovely War
- Question 9 25 marks
In the light of the view that 'Osborne can never stop being the teacher', examine the presentation of Osborne in Journey's End.
WW1 and its aftermath · Journey’s End
- Question 10 25 marks
Examine the significance of loyalty in Journey's End.
WW1 and its aftermath · Journey’s End
- Question 11 25 marks
Explore the significance of team spirit and shared values in the extract from John Harris's novel Covenant with Death.
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- Question 12 25 marks
Compare the significance of team spirit and shared values in two texts from WW1 and its aftermath, using one post-2000 prose text and at least two poems.
WW1 and its aftermath · Up the Line to Death · Scars Upon My Heart · A Long, Long Way · The First Casualty · Life Class · The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry · The Oxford Book of War Poetry · The War Poems of Wilfred Owen
- Question 13 25 marks
Examine the significance of Craiglockhart Hospital as a setting in Regeneration.
WW1 and its aftermath · Regeneration
- Question 14 25 marks
Examine the view that in Pat Barker's 'Regeneration', trauma is never cured or overcome.
WW1 and its aftermath · Regeneration
- Question 15 25 marks
Examine the significance of Faulks' representation of the Somme in Birdsong.
WW1 and its aftermath · Birdsong
- Question 16 25 marks
Examine the view that the women in Birdsong are crucial to Faulks' representation of war.
WW1 and its aftermath · Birdsong
- Question 17 25 marks
Explore the significance of team spirit and shared values in the extract from John Harris's novel Covenant with Death.
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- Question 18 25 marks
Compare the significance of team spirit and shared values in The Wipers Times and one poetry text.
WW1 and its aftermath · The Wipers Times · Up the Line to Death · Scars Upon My Heart · The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry · The Oxford Book of War Poetry · The War Poems of Wilfred Owen