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Response to prescribed text:
Sample questions
Au revoir les enfants shots 437–438
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 437–438 and answer the questions below in ENGLISH.
- T’en fais pas. Ils
m’auraient eu de toutes façons.
What is Bonnet referring to here? What does his remark reveal about his character? (3 marks)
- Comment on the structure of the sentences used in this
scene and the effect created. (2 marks)
- Why is this an important scene in the relationship
between Julien and Bonnet? (4 marks)
- How does the director use film techniques to convey the
sense of tension in this scene? (3 marks)
- Explain how this scene relates to the issue of tolerance 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 diary entry 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)
Bonnet: Je sais. Prends-les. Je les ai tous lus.
Julien: Tu veux les Mille et une nuits?
Imaginez que vous êtes Julien et que vous êtes rentré chez vous, à Paris, après la fermeture de l’école. Vous écrivez dans votre journal intime, en décrivant ce dernier jour.
Imagine you are Julien and you have returned home to Paris after the closing down of the school. Write an entry in your diary describing that last day.