plumiOthello: Eduqas GCSE English Literature questions
Every Eduqas GCSE English Literature exam question on Othello, 2017–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 14 questions on Othello, as a list
- June 2025, Component 1, Q31 (15 marks): Look at how the characters speak and behave here. How do you think an audience might respond to this part of the play? Refer closely to details from the extract
- June 2025, Component 1, Q32 (25 marks): Othello is a play about prejudice. Write about some of the times characters are influenced by, or affected by, prejudice. How does Shakespeare present this in t
- June 2024, Component 1, Q31 (15 marks): Look at how the characters speak and behave here. How do you think an audience might respond to this part of the play? Refer closely to details from the extract
- June 2024, Component 1, Q32 (25 marks): Iago is a master of deception. Write about some of the times in Othello where characters are tricked or deceived by Iago and how Shakespeare presents this.
- June 2023, Component 1, Q31 (15 marks): Read the extract on the opposite page. Answer the following question: Look at how the characters speak and behave here. How do you think an audience might respo
- June 2023, Component 1, Q32 (25 marks): Male and female relationships are important in Othello. Write about how Shakespeare presents one or two of the male and female relationships in the play.
- June 2022, Component 1A (2022), Q31 (15 marks): What does the extract show about Iago at this point in the play? Refer closely to details from the extract to support your answer.
- June 2022, Component 1A (2022), Q32 (25 marks): For which character in Othello do you have the most sympathy? How does Shakespeare create sympathy for your chosen character? Refer to characters and events fro
- June 2019, Component 1, Q31 (15 marks): What does the extract show an audience about Othello’s thoughts and feelings at this point in the play? Refer closely to details from the extract to support you
- June 2019, Component 1, Q32 (25 marks): Write about Desdemona and how she is presented at different points in the play.
- June 2018, Component 1, Q31 (15 marks): What does this extract show an audience about Iago’s thoughts and feelings here? Refer closely to details from the extract to support your answer.
- June 2018, Component 1, Q32 (25 marks): Write about the relationship between Othello and Desdemona and how it is presented at different points in the play.
- June 2017, Component 1, Q31 (15 marks): How does Shakespeare create mood and atmosphere for an audience here? Refer closely to details from the extract to support your answer.
- June 2017, Component 1, Q32 (25 marks): Write about Iago and how he is presented at different points in the play.
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