GCSE
ENGLISH LITERATURE
Paper 1 Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel
Monday 13 May 2024 Morning Time allowed: 1 hour 45 minutes
Materials
For this paper you must have:
• an AQA 16-page answer book.
Instructions
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Do not use pencil.
• Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is 8702/1.
• Answer one question from Section A and one question from Section B.
• You must not use a dictionary.
Information
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• The maximum mark for this paper is 64.
• AO4 will be assessed in Section A. There are 4 marks available for AO4 in Section A in addition
to 30 marks for answering the question. AO4 assesses the following skills: use a range of
vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and
punctuation.
• There are 30 marks for Section B.
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SECTION A
Shakespeare Question Page
Macbeth 1 4–5
Romeo and Juliet 2 6
The Tempest 3 7
The Merchant of Venice 4 8
Much Ado About Nothing 5 9
Julius Caesar 6 10
SECTION B
The 19th-century novel Question Page
Robert Louis Stevenson The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll 7 12–13
and Mr. Hyde
Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol 8 14–15
Charles Dickens Great Expectations 9 16–17
Charlotte Brontë Jane Eyre 10 18
Mary Shelley Frankenstein 11 19
Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice 12 20
Arthur Conan Doyle The Sign of Four 13 22–23
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