2014 English Written examination

1 ENGLISHW ritten examinationWednesday 29 October 2014 Reading time: am to am (15 minutes) Writing time: am to pm (3 hours)TASK BOOKS ectionNumber ofquestionsNumber of questionsto be answeredMarksA Text response201 20B Writing in Context41 20C Analysis of language use11 20 Total 60 Students are to write in blue or black pen. Students are permitted to bring into the examination room: pens, pencils, highlighters, erasers, sharpeners, rulers and an English and/or bilingual printed dictionary. Students are NOT permitted to bring into the examination room: blank sheets of paper and/or white out liquid/tape. No calculator is allowed in this supplied Task book of 14 pages, including examination assessment criteria on page 14.

2 One answer Write your student number on the front cover of the answer book. Complete each of the following in the answer book: Section A: Text response Section B: Writing in Context Section C: Analysis of language use Each section should be completed in the correct part of the answer book. All Written responses must be in English . If you write on a multimodal text in Section A, you must not write on a multimodal text in Section B. You may ask the supervisor for extra answer the end of the task Enclose any extra answer books inside the front cover of the fi rst answer book. You may keep this task are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other unauthorised electronic devices into the examination room.

3 VICTORIAN CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY 2014 Victorian Certifi cate of Education20142014 English EXAM 2 SECTION A continuedSECTION A Text responseInstructions for Section ASection A requires students to complete one analytical/expository piece of writing in response to one topic (either i. or ii.) on one selected the answer book, indicate the text selected and whether you are answering i. or your response, you must develop a sustained discussion of one selected text from the Text list response must be supported by close reference to and analysis of the selected collections of poetry or short stories, you may choose to write on several poems or short stories, or on one or two in very close detail, depending on what you think is you write on a multimodal text in Section A, you must not write on a multimodal text in Section response will be assessed according to the criteria set out on page 14 of this book.

4 Section A is worth one-third of the total assessment for the list1. A Christmas Carol .. Charles Dickens2. All About Eve ..Directed by Joseph L Mankiewicz3. Brooklyn .. Colm T ib n4. Cat s Eye ..Margaret Atwood5. Cloudstreet ..Tim Winton6. Henry IV, Part I ..William Shakespeare7. In the Country of Men ..Hisham Matar8. Mabo .. Directed by Rachel Perkins9. No Sugar .. Jack Davis10. Ransom .. David Malouf11. Selected Poems .. Gwen Harwood12. Stasiland ..Anna Funder13. The Complete Maus ..Art Spiegelman14. The Reluctant Fundamentalist ..Mohsin Hamid15. The Thing Around Your Neck ..Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie16. The War Poems ..Wilfred Owen17. This Boy s Life ..Tobias Wolff18.

5 twelve angry Men .. reginald Rose19. Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? ..Raymond Carver20. Wuthering Heights ..Emily Bront SECTION A continuedTURN OVER 3 2014 English EXAM1. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens i. An important theme in A Christmas Carol is that actions have enduring consequences. ii. Scrooge s fi anc e once told him: You fear the world too much . To what extent has fear shaped Scrooge s life?2. All About Eve directed by Joseph L Mankiewicz i. It is Eve s ruthless pursuit of ambition that leads us to dislike her. Do you agree?OR ii. All About Eve is all about appearances. Brooklyn by Colm T ib n i.

6 For the characters in the novel Brooklyn, duty is more important than individual freedom. ii. Eilis is emotionally secure in Enniscorthy but has more opportunity for fulfi lment in Brooklyn. Do you agree?4. Cat s Eye by Margaret Atwood i. It is Elaine s experience as an outsider that contributes to her success as an artist. ii. The relationship between Cordelia and Elaine is destructive to them both. Cloudstreet by Tim Winton i. Number One Cloud Street is more than just a house. ii. It is their acceptance of whatever life brings that helps the characters to go on living and growing.

7 Do you agree?2014 English EXAM 4 SECTION A continued6. Henry IV, Part I by William Shakespeare i. Henry IV, Part I is about the need for order, or at least the appearance of order. ii. It is through Falstaff that the play s most powerful insights are offered. Do you agree?7. In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar i. In this novel, the characters are all affected by betrayal. ii. The most important relationship for Suleiman is between him and his mother. Do you agree?8. Mabo directed by Rachel Perkins i. Mabo is a fi lm about pride. ii. In the fi lm Mabo, the land plays such an important role that it is like a character.

8 No Sugar by Jack Davis i. In No Sugar, Davis shows that the bonds of family and community are necessary for survival. ii. No Sugar is about the misuse of power. Ransom by David Malouf i. The idea of ransom is central to this novella. ii. Through his actions, Priam humanises both Achilles and himself. A continuedTURN OVER 5 2014 English EXAM11. Selected Poems by Gwen Harwood i. Nothing can correspond / to my wonder at the world. ( Sparrows ) Harwood s poems reveal an extraordinary awareness of nature. ii.

9 In her poetry Harwood explores many facets of human experience. Stasiland by Anna Funder i. Funder shows that victims of the Stasi were never fully healed following the collapse of the East German regime. ii. Many kinds of fear are evident in Funder s account of her experiences in the former East German state. The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman i. Spiegelman s use of the graphic novel offers deep insight into the horror of what Vladek and others suffered. ii. For the character Art, creating this text is his way of understanding his father s experience. The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid i.

10 Changez realises that if he stays in America he may gain wealth but will lose his sense of who he is. ii. Hamid s ambiguous presentation of the story means that readers can interpret it in very different ways. The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie i. The characters in these stories long for their lives to be transformed. ii. In these stories people struggle to overcome the effects of violence and loss. English EXAM 6 END OF SECTION A16. The War Poems by Wilfred Owen i. How do Owen s poems expose the tragedy of war?OR ii. These poems reveal the soldiers inability to deal with the atrocities they witness and commit.