plumiUp the Line to Death: AQA A‑Level English Literature A questions
Every AQA A-Level English Literature A exam question on Up the Line to Death, 2020–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 12 questions on Up the Line to Death, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 2A, Q01 (25 marks): ‘The most powerful poems focus on passive endurance rather than active combat.’ Examine this view of the anthology. You must write about at least two poems in y
- June 2025, Paper 2A, Q02 (25 marks): Examine the significance of fate and chance in Up the Line to Death. You must write about at least two poems in your answer.
- June 2024, Paper 2A, Q01 (25 marks): Examine the view that poems about combat in this anthology express despair rather than anger. You must write about at least two poems in your answer.
- June 2024, Paper 2A, Q02 (25 marks): ‘Soldiers go to war with strong values and beliefs.’ In the light of this view, examine the presentation of strong values and beliefs in Up the Line to Death. Y
- June 2023, Paper 2A, Q01 (25 marks): ‘In Up the Line to Death comradeship makes the horrors of war bearable.’ Examine the presentation of comradeship in this anthology in the light of this view. Yo
- June 2023, Paper 2A, Q02 (25 marks): Look again at the section called ‘To Unknown Lands’. Examine the significance of the title chosen for this section. You must write about at least two poems from
- June 2022, Paper 2A, Q01 (25 marks): Look again at the section called ‘Tipperary Days’. Examine the view that the poems within this section are more concerned with the anticipation of combat than i
- June 2022, Paper 2A, Q02 (25 marks): ‘This anthology is, above all, a lament for the loss of youth.’ Examine this view. You must write about at least two poems in your answer.
- November 2021, Paper 2A, Q01 (25 marks): Examine the view that the poems in this anthology always present home as a source of support and inspiration for soldiers on the front line. You must write abou
- November 2021, Paper 2A, Q02 (25 marks): Examine the view that the poems in this anthology celebrate going to war as a glorious ideal. You must write about at least two poems in your answer.
- November 2020, Paper 2A, Q01 (25 marks): Examine the significance of the natural world in Up the Line to Death. You must write about at least two poems in your answer.
- November 2020, Paper 2A, Q02 (25 marks): ‘Have you forgotten yet?’ (Aftermath – Siegfried Sassoon) Examine the representations of remembrance in Up the Line to Death in the light of this quotation. You
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