Sample Questions from the most recent exams

Answer one question. Refer closely to the novel you have selected to study, a clean copy of which may be brought into the examination.

1. Select a passage from a novel you have chosen to study where a change of atmosphere impacts on the characters and/or the course of events. By paying due attention to the context of the passage, show how such a passage might be dramatized for an audience.

2. Select a passage from a novel you have chosen to study which deals with a comic situation. By paying due attention to the context of the passage, show how you would dramatize such a passage to entertain your audience.

 3. Select a passage from a novel you have chosen to study which presents a revelation which alters the course of the narrative. By paying due attention to the context of the passage, outline how you would stage the action by focusing on how it might be effectively dramatized for an audience.

4. Select a passage from the concluding chapter of a novel you have chosen to study and show how acting, staging effects and design can combine to make it an effective ending for an audience.

5. Select a passage from a novel you have chosen to study which provides an effective introduction of an important character or characters. How would you use staging, design and acting to ensure that this introduction would have dramatic importance for the audience?

6. Select a passage from a novel you have chosen to study which contains a scene of pivotal

importance to a theme in the narrative. Outline how you would stage the scene paying particular

attention to how the theme might be effectively dramatized for an audience.

7. Select a passage from a novel you have chosen to study where suspense is the dominant mood conveyed to the reader. Indicate how, by staging and action, you might explore a suspenseful scene on stage for an audience.

8. Select a passage from a novel you have chosen to study which deals with a fantasy or dream

sequence of consequence to the narrative. How can acting and design elements be used to stage such a fantasy or dream sequence for an audience?

9. Select a passage from a novel you have chosen to study which presents a clash of two cultures.By paying due attention to the context of the passage, outline how you would dramatize the clash in order to bring out the differences between the two cultures for an audience.