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Response to prescribed text:
Sample questions
Au revoir les enfants shots 406–411
Part A
The quality of your answer will depend on how well you:
- respond critically to the prescribed text
- analyse how meaning is conveyed
- demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the prescribed text and prescribed issues.
Question 1
Read the extract from Au revoir les enfants, shots 406–411 and answer the questions below in ENGLISH.
- Tu vas rester au collège quand la
guerre sera finie? T’as peur?
Y a combien de temps que tu l’as pas vu?
What do these questions reveal about Julien’s understanding of Bonnet’s situation? (3 marks)
- In what way is this scene important in the development
of the boys’ friendship? (3 marks)
- How has the director created a sense of foreboding in
the scene in the courtyard? (2 marks)
- Explain the effect of the arrival of Joseph in the
kitchen scene. (3 marks)
- Explain how shots 406 to 411 explore the issue of belonging versus alienation in the film. (4 marks)
Part B
The quality of your answer will depend on how well you:
- demonstrate an understanding of the prescribed text
- write a letter in French.
Question 2
Read the following extract from Au revoir les enfants and answer the question that follows by writing approximately 200 words in FRENCH. (10 marks)
Julien: T’as peur?
Bonnet: Tout le temps.
Imaginez que vous êtes Julien. Vous écrivez une lettre à votre mère lui faisant part de votre conversation avec Bonnet et de vos sentiments à ce propos.
Imagine that you are Julien. Write letter to your mother telling her about your conversation with Bonnet and how you feel about it.