AQA 8702 · Paper 1
Paper 1 practice: Shakespeare and the nineteenth-century novel
Extract-to-whole-text thinking on Macbeth and a nineteenth-century novel, with context marked as AO3.
Every question is written for practice and tied to a real specification point. Marking updates progress for those spec points, not for KS3 objectives.
Exam-style paper
Paper 1 practice: Shakespeare and the nineteenth-century novel
5 questions, 126 marks. Answer everything, then mark the paper to see the mark scheme. There is no timer — the 45 minutes is only a guide.
1. Which thesis best opens a Macbeth essay on conscience?
30 marksSection A · Shakespeare: extract to whole text
2. A shared verse line between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth is best analysed as…
30 marksSection A · Shakespeare: language, form and structure
3. In A Christmas Carol, what does the return to Scrooge's unchanged rooms in stave five achieve?
30 marksSection B · Nineteenth-century novel
4. Which sentence about Jekyll and Hyde analyses structure?
30 marksSection B · Nineteenth-century novel
5. Which sentence earns AO3 context marks?
6 marksAO3 · Context