6v Lit mock test
Mock-test 6V IB
Answer in English. Support your explanation with precise textual references.
All questions are worth 2 pnts.
Lesson duration is: 30 minItems in this lesson
Mock-test 6V IB
Answer in English. Support your explanation with precise textual references.
All questions are worth 2 pnts.
Klara and the Sun
During the interaction meeting, the visiting children discuss what Klara can do and how she should behave. What does their treatment of her reveal about her position in society? Support your answer with one detail from the scene.
The children treat Klara as a product whose abilities they can test. Their behaviour exposes the unequal power relationship between humans and Artificial Friends.
1p: Explains Klara’s subordinate or objectified position.
1p: Gives a relevant detail, such as discussing whether she can be thrown across the room.
Rick has not been “lifted”, whereas Josie has. Explain how Ishiguro uses this contrast to criticise the society in the novel. Refer to a specific consequence for Rick.
Rick shows intelligence and technical creativity, but being unlifted restricts his university opportunities. Ishiguro criticises a society that values genetic enhancement over demonstrated ability.
1p: Identifies a specific consequence for Rick.
1p: Explains the criticism of inequality or judging people by enhancement rather than ability.
In Shadow
The speaker describes birdsong using the words “shout”, “pianos” and “mangle”. Identify the type of imagery used and explain how these word choices convey her experience of spring.
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Dickinson uses auditory imagery. “Shout” and “pianos” make birdsong seem loud and overwhelming. “Mangle” presents it as emotionally destructive. Spring’s sounds intensify the grieving speaker’s pain.
1p: Identifies auditory imagery.
1p: Explains how the words turn birdsong into an overwhelming or painful experience
The things They carried
The objects carried by the soldiers also represent fear, guilt and responsibility. Which device is central to this idea?
Metaphor
Euphemism
Eye rhyme
Flash forward
Why is the narrator not automatically an objective source of truth?
He knows every character’s thoughts.
He never participates in the events
The text contains no reflection on memory.
Memory and storytelling may reshape past events
In “How to Tell a True War Story”, Rat Kiley writes to Curt Lemon’s sister but receives no reply. Explain how this episode reveals a difficulty soldiers face when communicating their experiences to people outside the war.
Rat writes with affection and grief about Curt Lemon. The lack of a reply leaves him hurt and angry. The episode suggests how difficult it is to communicate the emotional meaning of war to civilians. They weren´t there ..
1p: Explains Rat’s emotional investment and hurt or anger.
1p: Connects this to the difficulty of communicating war experiences.
The story does not establish why the sister fails to reply
Comparing two works (paper 2 style)
Compare how Ishiguro in Klara and the Sun and Slesar in Examination Day present a society that judges children according to their abilities. Identify one important difference between these societies and explain what it suggests about how children are valued.
In Klara and the Sun, enhancement brings educational advantages. In Examination Day, intelligence above the permitted limit leads to execution. Both societies make children’s treatment dependent on imposed standards of ability.
1p: Identifies the difference between rewarding enhancement and punishing excessive intelligence.
1p: Explains what this reveals about how society values or treats children.
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