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A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Edexcel A‑Level English Literature questions

Every Edexcel A-Level English Literature exam question on A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 2016–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.

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  1. Q9

    June 2025 · Paper 1

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All 18 questions on A Midsummer Night’s Dream, as a list
  1. June 2025, Paper 1, Q9 (35 marks): Explore how Shakespeare makes use of contrast in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your c
  2. June 2025, Paper 1, Q10 (35 marks): Explore the presentation of the four young lovers in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and
  3. June 2024, Paper 1, Q9 (35 marks): Explore how Shakespeare makes use of the play’s structure in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas
  4. June 2024, Paper 1, Q10 (35 marks): Explore the extent to which Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a play about the disruption of the social order. You must relate your discussion to relev
  5. June 2023, Paper 1, Q9 (35 marks): Explore Shakespeare’s presentation of different perspectives on love in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factor
  6. June 2023, Paper 1, Q10 (35 marks): Explore the extent to which Shakespeare presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream as a festive comedy. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors a
  7. June 2022, Paper 1, Q9 (35 marks): Explore Shakespeare’s presentation of the relationship between fantasy and reality in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. You must relate your discussion to relevant con
  8. June 2022, Paper 1, Q10 (35 marks): Explore how Shakespeare presents gender roles in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your c
  9. November 2021, Paper 1, Q9 (35 marks): Explore the ways in which Shakespeare makes use of features of the comedy genre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. You must relate your discussion to relevant contex
  10. November 2021, Paper 1, Q10 (35 marks): Explore the extent to which Shakespeare presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream as a play about challenging authority. You must relate your discussion to relevant co
  11. October 2020, Paper 1, Q9 (35 marks): Explore Shakespeare’s presentation of the fairies in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from yo
  12. October 2020, Paper 1, Q10 (35 marks): Explore how Shakespeare presents social status in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your
  13. June 2019, Paper 1, Q9 (35 marks): Explore how Shakespeare presents the theme of love in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from y
  14. June 2019, Paper 1, Q10 (35 marks): Explore Shakespeare’s presentation of Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your crit
  15. June 2018, Paper 1, Q9 (35 marks): Explore Shakespeare’s presentation of the mechanicals in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas fro
  16. June 2018, Paper 1, Q10 (35 marks): Explore how Shakespeare makes use of settings in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your c
  17. June 2017, Paper 1, Q9 (35 marks): Explore Shakespeare’s treatment of power in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critic
  18. June 2017, Paper 1, Q10 (35 marks): Explore how Shakespeare makes use of different plot lines in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas

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