AS
ENGLISH LITERATURE B
Paper 2B Literary genres: Prose and Poetry: Aspects of comedy
Friday 24 May 2024 Morning Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
Materials
For this paper you must have:
• an AQA 12-page answer book
• a copy of the set text(s) you have studied. These texts must not be annotated and must not contain
additional notes or materials.
Instructions
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
• Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is 7716/2B.
• Do all rough work in your answer book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked.
• You must answer one question from Section A and one question from Section B.
Information
• The maximum mark for this paper is 50.
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• You will be marked on your ability to:
– use good English
– organise information clearly
– use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
• In your response you need to:
– analyse carefully the writers’ methods
– explore the contexts of the texts you are writing about
– explore the connections across the texts you have studied
– explore different interpretations of your texts.
IB/G/Jun24/G4001/E3 7716/2B
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Section A
Answer one question from this section.
Either
0 1 The Nun’s Priest’s Tale – Geoffrey Chaucer
Explore the significance of the ending of The Nun’s Priest’s Tale to the comedy of the
poem.
In your answer you need to analyse closely Chaucer’s authorial methods and include
comments on the extract below.
[25 marks]
From The Nun’s Priest’s Tale
‘Thou shalt namoore, thurgh thy flaterye,
Do me to singe and winken with min eye;
For he that winketh whan he sholde see,
Al wilfully, God lat him nevere thee!’
‘Nay,’ quod the fox, ‘but God yeve him
meschaunce
That is so undiscreet of governaunce
That jangleth whan he sholde holde his pees!’
Lo, swich it is for to be recchelees,
And necligent, and truste on flaterye!
But ye that holden this tale a folye,
As of a fox, or of a cok and hen,
Taketh the moralitee, goode men.
For Seint Paul seyth that al that writen is,
To oure doctrine it is ywrite, iwys.
Taketh the fruit, and lat the chaf be stille.
Now, goode God, if that it be thy wille
(As seyth my lord), so make us alle goode men,
And bringe us to thy heighe blisse! Amen.
IB/G/Jun24/7716/2B
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