plumiOh! What a Lovely War: AQA A‑Level English Literature A questions
Every AQA A-Level English Literature A exam question on Oh! What a Lovely War, 2020–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 12 questions on Oh! What a Lovely War, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 2A, Q07 (25 marks): ‘This is a play about politics rather than the war itself.’ Examine this view of Oh! What a Lovely War.
- June 2025, Paper 2A, Q08 (25 marks): ‘Oh! What a Lovely War conveys its anti-war message more powerfully through props, images and slides than through spoken language.’ Examine this view.
- June 2024, Paper 2A, Q07 (25 marks): ‘Lions led by donkeys.’ In the light of this view, examine the presentation of how the war is conducted in Oh! What a Lovely War.
- June 2024, Paper 2A, Q08 (25 marks): Joan Littlewood describes war as ‘only for clowns’. In the light of this view, examine the presentation of war in Oh! What a Lovely War.
- June 2023, Paper 2A, Q07 (25 marks): ‘Littlewood suggests that, in war, individuals don’t matter.’ Examine this view of Oh! What a Lovely War.
- June 2023, Paper 2A, Q08 (25 marks): Examine the significance of ‘the ever popular War Game’ in Oh! What a Lovely War.
- June 2022, Paper 2A, Q07 (25 marks): Examine the significance of the MC in Oh! What a Lovely War.
- June 2022, Paper 2A, Q08 (25 marks): Examine the view that while the satire in the play mocks those in power, it fails to expose the full tragedy of the war.
- November 2021, Paper 2A, Q07 (25 marks): ‘This is a play about villains rather than heroes.’ Examine this view of Oh! What a Lovely War.
- November 2021, Paper 2A, Q08 (25 marks): Examine the view that the comedy in the play distances us from the horrors of war.
- November 2020, Paper 2A, Q07 (25 marks): ‘We follow you – like lambs to the slaughter.’ French soldier: Act 2 Examine the presentation of the common soldier in the light of this quotation from the play
- November 2020, Paper 2A, Q08 (25 marks): ‘Women in this play actively encourage the slaughter of men.’ Examine the presentation of women in the light of this view.
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