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Twelfth Night: Edexcel A‑Level English Literature questions

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

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  1. Q15

    June 2025 · Paper 1

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All 18 questions on Twelfth Night, as a list
  1. June 2025, Paper 1, Q15 (35 marks): Explore the presentation of deception in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critica
  2. June 2025, Paper 1, Q16 (35 marks): Explore how Shakespeare makes use of different types of comedy in Twelfth Night. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from y
  3. June 2024, Paper 1, Q15 (35 marks): Explore the extent to which Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night is a dark comedy. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your cri
  4. June 2024, Paper 1, Q16 (35 marks): Explore Shakespeare’s presentation of status in Twelfth Night. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical readi
  5. June 2023, Paper 1, Q15 (35 marks): Explore Shakespeare’s presentation of shifting moods in Twelfth Night. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critic
  6. June 2023, Paper 1, Q16 (35 marks): Explore the ways in which Shakespeare makes use of clothing and costume in Twelfth Night. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ide
  7. June 2022, Paper 1, Q15 (35 marks): Explore Shakespeare’s presentation of Feste in Twelfth Night. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical readin
  8. June 2022, Paper 1, Q16 (35 marks): Explore how Shakespeare presents challenges to contemporary expectations of gender in Twelfth Night. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual fact
  9. November 2021, Paper 1, Q15 (35 marks): Explore how Shakespeare presents characters who are outsiders in Twelfth Night. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from yo
  10. November 2021, Paper 1, Q16 (35 marks): Explore Shakespeare’s presentation of social class in Twelfth Night. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical
  11. October 2020, Paper 1, Q15 (35 marks): Explore the ways in which Shakespeare presents Malvolio in Twelfth Night. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your cri
  12. October 2020, Paper 1, Q16 (35 marks): Explore how Shakespeare treats the theme of love in Twelfth Night. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical r
  13. June 2019, Paper 1, Q15 (35 marks): Explore how Shakespeare presents the ending of Twelfth Night. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical readin
  14. June 2019, Paper 1, Q16 (35 marks): Explore the presentation of Maria in Twelfth Night. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.
  15. June 2018, Paper 1, Q15 (35 marks): Explore the ways in which Shakespeare presents Sir Toby in Twelfth Night. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your cri
  16. June 2018, Paper 1, Q16 (35 marks): Explore how Shakespeare treats gender roles in Twelfth Night. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical readin
  17. June 2017, Paper 1, Q15 (35 marks): Explore the ways in which Shakespeare presents the relationship between Orsino and Olivia in Twelfth Night. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextu
  18. June 2017, Paper 1, Q16 (35 marks): Explore the idea that Shakespeare presents Twelfth Night as a festive comedy. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your

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