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Candidates Name: __________________________

Candidates Civics Class: __________________________

Paper 2 (50 marks)(Note that 15 marks out of 50 will be awarded for your use of language)

Note: When a question asks for an answer IN YOUR OWN WORDS AS FAR ASPOSSIBLE and you select the appropriate material from the passage for your answer,you must still use your own words to express it. Little credit can be given to answerswhich only copy words or phrases from the passage.

From Passage 1

1. Why does the author use the word surrender (line 2)? [1]

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2. From paragraph 2, according to the author, what is the critics greatest fear

regarding the impact of blockbusters? Use your own words as far aspossible. [2]

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3. Explain why highbrows dismiss movie blockbusters (line 23) Use your ownwords as far as possible. [3]

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4. From paragraph 5, identify the similarity and the difference between blockbustersin the past and in the present. Use your own words as far as possible. [2]

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5. From paragraph 7, how have movies responded to being under siege (lines 46-47)? Use your own words as far as possible. [3]

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From Passage 2

6. Explain the climate change (line 2) that is taking place in Hollywood. Use yourown words as far as possible. [2]

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7. Using material from paragraphs 2 to 5, summarise the authors argument thatHollywood blockbusters have declined. Using your own words as far aspossible, write your answer in no more than 120 words, not counting the

opening words which are printed below. [7]

One reason for the decline of the Hollywood blockbusters is ________________

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8. From paragraph 6, explain fully why the authors compare blockbusters with

aircraft carriers. Use your own words as far as possible. [2]

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From both passages

9. Give the meaning of the following words as they are used in the passages. Youmay write your answer in one word or a short phrase. [5]

a) interminable (Passage 1, line 2): ____________________________________

b) ineffably (Passage 1, line 20): ______________________________________

c) bent (Passage 1, line 38): __________________________________________

d) jarring (Passage 2, line 1): _________________________________________

e) captures (Passage 2, line 38): ______________________________________

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10. Dargis writes about the enduring characteristics of American blockbuster movieswhile Gardels and Medavoy write about the diminishing impact of such movies.To what extent do the ideas in the passages reflect the way Americanblockbuster movies are perceived in your society? [8]

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