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Response to prescribed text:
Sample questions
Marius et Jeannette shots
122–126
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 Marius et Jeannette, shots
122–126 and answer the questions below in
ENGLISH.
- How is the conflict between Dédé and
- What is the effect of the choice of the courtyard as a
location for many scenes in the film? In your answer refer
to this particular scene and one other.
- Contrast the relationship of the two men with the
children in this scene.
- Mon Dieu, mon pauvre Dédé!
Mais comment tu deviens!
Explain the growing gap between Dédé and his
milieu, with reference to the issue of alienation in the
film.
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answers
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Part B
The quality of your answer will depend on how well
you:
- demonstrate an understanding of the prescribed
text
- write a dialogue in French
Question 2
Read the extract from Marius et Jeannette and do
the task below by writing approximately 200 words in
FRENCH.
Monique: On a trois enfants! Tu trouves que
c'est pour rien? Allez, va, va, ne fais pas
grève… Va voter Front National,
va!…
Le lendemain Monique raconte à
Jeannette qu'elle s'est disputée avec
Dédé. Ecrivez la conversation.
The next day Monique tells Jeannette about her quarrel
with Dédé. Write the script of the
conversation.
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