Section A
Language/Play conventions
Section B
Exam
Miscellaneous (you can only unlock this once your team has 300 points)
100
How many questions are in Section A?
2 questions
100
What is the setting of the play?
Multiple answers:
Ancient Greece
City of Corinth
Athens (later on)
100
How many questions in Section B?
1 question
100
What time and day is the Lit exam?
31st October Thursday
3pm-5:15pm
100
What fruit can you never cheer up?
Answer: A blueberry.
200
How many marks for Question 1 and how many marks for Question 2?
Q1: 6 marks
Q2: 14 marks
200
MEDEA: No, don’t do that. I beg you, Creon . . .
[Medea seizes Creon’s hand.]
Let me remain here one day to prepare,
to get ready for my exile and provide
something for my children, since their father,
as one more insult, does nothing for them.
Have pity on them. You’re a parent, too.
You should treat them kindly—that’s what’s right.
If I go into exile, I don’t care,
but I weep for them in their misfortune.
What type of play convention is this?
Supplication (begging, making a formal request)
200
True or False?
You can write on the same text for both Section A and B?
FALSE!!!
If you write on the same text, you will get an automatic zero as examiners will not decide which section to mark.
200
True or False?
You MUST answer the exam in order.
False!
You can write your exam in any order - just make sure you have written the heading clearly to show the examiner which section you are responding to!
Recommended to answer Section A Q2 before Q1 to 'save' evidence for each response.
200
What is the largest landlocked country?
Kazakhstan
300
What are some possible concept words for Question 2?
Answers may vary:
Gender
Power
Masculinity
Femininity
Betrayal
Vengeance/Revenge
Rebellion
Delusion
Love
Values/morals
Passion
Obsession
Manipulation
Injustice
Contradiction
Pride
Grief
300
Explain the purpose of the chorus in Medea and who they are.
Answers vary:
Group of women in Corinth
echo the sentiments of Medea or provide commentary on what is happening in the scene
Appear to be sympathetic to Medea's cause
Highlight social issues that are raised in the scene
Can react the way the audience would on stage
300
How many passages do you need to analyse for Section B?
At least 2, but better to analyse 3 but not equally
300
What are the main views/values words that are used in the wording of Section A Q2?
Endorse, Challenge, Marginalise
Synonyms of these words can be accepted:
supports
celebrates
praises
condemns
criticises
questions
lambasts
leaves unquestioned
overlooks
excludes
300
What is the idiom/visual pun in the picture:
Spring is round the corner!
400
What is the wording of the question for 1 and 2?
Explain the significance of the passage below in the text (6 marks)
Using the passage as a focus, discuss the ways in which the concept of ________ is endorsed, challenged and/or marginalised by the text. (14 marks)
400
Explain 3 features of the play.
Monologue
Dialogue
Greek Theatre
Stage directions
Prologue
Supplication
Chorus
Tragedy
400
How many marks for Section B? How long should you spend?
20 marks, 1 hour
400
Explain what you are required to do for Section A Q1, Section A Q2 and Section B
Answers may vary:
Section A: Medea Passage analysis task
Q1: significance of the passage
Q2: Views/Values
Section B: Voices of Country Close analysis
400
What day is Miss Wu's birthday?
May 28
500
Name one assessment criteria for Section A:
500
When was the play first performed?
In 431 BC
500
Name one assessment criteria for Section B
500
Can you bring a dictionary to the LIT EXAM like in ENGLISH?
YES!
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500
What is Miss Wu's moon sign?
Leo!!