plumiThe Handmaid’s Tale: OCR A‑Level English Literature questions
Every OCR A-Level English Literature exam question on The Handmaid’s Tale, 2021–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 5 questions on The Handmaid’s Tale, as a list
- June 2025, Component 2, Q6(b) (30 marks): Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid’s Tale ‘Dystopian regimes contain the seeds of their own downfall.’ By comparing The Handmaid’s Tale with at least one other text
- June 2024, Component 2, Q6(b) (30 marks): Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid’s Tale ‘Dystopian writing expresses the worst fears of the age in which it was written.’ By comparing The Handmaid’s Tale with at
- June 2023, Component 2, Q6(b) (30 marks): Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid’s Tale ‘The human body is often portrayed as a battleground in dystopian fiction.’ By comparing The Handmaid’s Tale with at least
- June 2022, Component 2, Q6(b) (30 marks): Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid’s Tale ‘Dystopian fiction shows us the shock of losing freedoms which have been taken for granted.’ By comparing The Handmaid’s Ta
- November 2021, Component 2, Q6(b) (30 marks): Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid’s Tale ‘Dystopian fiction often hints at a utopian ideal which has gone wrong.’ By comparing The Handmaid’s Tale with at least one
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