HSC Mock Trial Examination
Examiners: Djaco75 & Reconsidered
Higher School Certificate
English Advanced
Paper 1 – Texts and Human Experiences
General Instructions
• Reading time – 10 minutes
• Working time – 1 hour and 30 minutes
• Write using black pen
• A Stimulus Booklet is provided at the back of this paper
Total marks: 40
Section I – 20 marks
• Attempt Questions 1 - 5
• Allow about 45 minutes for this section
Section II – 25 marks
• Attempt ONE Question from Questions 6(a) – 6(n)
• Allow about 45 minutes for this section
Section I
20 marks
Attempt Questions 1 - 5
Allow about 45 minutes for this section
Read the texts within the Stimulus Booklet carefully and then answer the questions
in the spaces provided. These spaces provide guidance for the expected length of
response.
Demonstrate understanding of human experiences in texts.
Analyse, explain and assess the ways human experiences are represented in texts.
Question 1 (3 Marks)
Text 1 – Fiction Extract
How does Chan use perspective to represent emotional desire? 3
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Question 2 (4 Marks)
Text 2 – Poem
To what extent does Text 2 explore the human experience of doubt? 4
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Question 3 (4 Marks)
Text 3 – Image
Explain how Text 3 portrays paradoxes of isolation. 4
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Question 4 (4 Marks)
Evaluate how effectively Kennedy’s inaugural address connects the 4
individual to their collective experience of place.
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Question 5 (5 Marks)
Every text is a product of their context. Every text is a product for their audience. 5
Compare the extents to which this statement is accurate in reflecting TWO texts
from the stimulus booklet.
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End of Section I
Section II
20 marks
Attempt Question 6
Allow about 45 minutes for this section
• Demonstrate an understanding human experiences in texts
• Analyse, explain and assess the ways human experiences are represented in texts
• Organise, develop and express ideas using language appropriate to audience
purpose and context
• Craft a sustained composition appropriate to the question, demonstrating control
of the use of language
Question 6 (20 Marks)
Prose Fiction
(a) Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See
“It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority,
keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men”
Samuel Adams
How are female voices used in All the Light We Cannot See to provide insight
into personal and shared human experiences?
In your response, discuss the voices of Frau Elena and at least ONE other
female character.
OR
(b) Amanda Lohrey, Vertigo
“It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority,
keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men”
Samuel Adams
How are the voices of minor characters used in Vertigo to provide insight into
personal and shared human experiences?
In your response, discuss the voices of King Arthur OR Sir Roland and at least
ONE other minor character.
OR
(c) George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four
“It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority,
keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men”
Samuel Adams
How are female voices used in Nineteen Eighty-Four to provide insight into
personal and shared human experiences?
In your response, discuss the voices of Julia and at least ONE other female
character.
OR
(c) Favel Parrett, Past the Shallows
“It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority,
keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men”
Samuel Adams
How are the voices of minor characters used in Past The Shallows to provide
insight into personal and shared human experiences?
In your response, discuss the voices of George Fuller and at least ONE other
minor character.
OR
Poetry
(e) Rosemary Dobson, Rosemary Dobson Collected
“It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority,
keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men”
Samuel Adams
How are poetic voices used in Dobson’s poetry to provide insight into personal
and shared human experiences?
In your response, discuss the poetic voices in Young Girl at a Window and at
least ONE other prescribed poem.
The prescribed poems are:
* Young Girl at a Window
* Over the Hill
* Summer’s End
* The Conversation
* Cock Crow
* Amy Caroline
* Canberra Morning
OR
(f) Kenneth Slessor, Selected Poems
“It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority,
keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men”
Samuel Adams
How are poetic voices used in Slessor’s poetry to provide insight into personal
and shared human experiences?
In your response, discuss the poetic voices in Gulliver and at least ONE other
prescribed poem.
The prescribed poems are:
* Wild Grapes
* Gulliver
* Out of Time
* Vesper-Song of the Reverend Samuel Marsden
* William Street
* Beach Burial
OR
Drama
(g) Jane Harrison, Rainbow’s End, from Vivienne Cleven et al., Contemporary
Indigenous Plays
“It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority,
keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men”
Samuel Adams
How are ancient voices used in Rainbow’s End to provide insight into personal
and shared human experiences?
In your response, discuss the voices of Nan Dear and at least ONE other
Indigenous character.
OR
(h) Arthur Miller, The Crucible
“It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority,
keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men”
Samuel Adams
How are male voices used in The Crucible to provide insight into personal and
shared human experiences?
In your response, discuss the voices of Arthur Reverend and at least ONE
other male character.
OR
Shakespearean Drama
(i) William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
“It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority,
keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men”
Samuel Adams
How are female voices used in The Merchant of Venice to provide insight into
personal and shared human experiences?
In your response, discuss the voices of Portia OR Jessica and at least ONE
other female character.
OR
Nonfiction
(j) Tim Winton, The Boy Behind the Curtain
“It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority,
keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men”
Samuel Adams
How are youthful voices used in The Boy Behind the Curtain to provide
insight into personal and shared human experiences?
In your response, discuss the youthful voices in Twice on Sundays and at least
ONE other prescribed chapter.
The prescribed chapters are:
* Havoc: A Life in Accidents
* Betsy
* Twice on Sundays
* The Wait and the Flow
* In the Shadow of the Hospital
* The Demon Shark
* Barefoot in the Temple of Art
OR
(k) Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb, I am Malala
“It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority,
keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men”
Samuel Adams
How is a personal voice used in I am Malala to provide insight into personal
and shared human experiences?
In your response, discuss the voices of Malala and at least ONE other
character.
OR
Question 6 (Continued)
Film
(l) Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot
“It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority,
keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men”
Samuel Adams
How are unconventional voices used in Billy Elliot to provide insight into
personal and shared human experiences?
In your response, discuss the voices of Sandra and at least ONE other
character.
OR
Media
(m) Ivan O’Mahoney, Go Back to Where You Came From
“It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority,
keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men”
Samuel Adams
How are personal voices used in Go Back to Where You Came From to
provide insight into personal and shared human experiences?
In your response, discuss the voices in The Response and at least ONE other
prescribed episode.
The prescribed episodes are:
* Series 1: Episodes 1, 2 and 3 and
* The Response
OR
(n) Lucy Walker, Waste Land
“It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority,
keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men”
Samuel Adams
How are artistic voices used in Waste Land to provide insight into personal
and shared human experiences?
In your response, discuss the artistic voices of Vik Muniz and at least one
other contributor to this documentary.
End of Section II
End of Examination
HSC Mock Trial Examination
Examiners: Djaco75 & Reconsidered
English Advanced
Stimulus Booklet
Texts 1 - 5
Prescribed Text List
Use these texts to answer Questions 1 – 5 in the Texts and Human
Experiences writing booklet.
Do not write responses to be marked inside this booklet.
This booklet is not to be taken with you at the conclusion of the examination.
Please Turn Over
Section I
Text 1 — Fiction Extract
I wish you could see the stars the way I do.
I wish you could see the night sky and think of the endless possibilities.
I wish you could see the ocean, watch the waves, and think of peace.
I wish you could see...
But you can't.
Your eyes are blinded by hate, by hurt, by the pain and suffering this world has bestowed
upon you. Your ears have turned deaf to the pleas of the people as you cross the street.
Your nose has been desensitised to the pungent smell of the poor. "They deserve it." You
say. "They should have worked harder to better their lives."
Your heart has been hardened by the world's cruelties, by your own shortcomings, and
you've built up these walls so high and so thick that anyone who tries to tear them down
ends up just as broken as you are.
You're unbelievably strong, but you don't know it. You bear the weight of the world,
shielding my eyes from its horrors the best you can. You protect me from the dangers
that I am yet to be privy to, the dangers only you can see.
You tell me that I'd never want to see through your eyes, and I agree.
But that doesn't mean you can't try to see through mine. It doesn't mean that I don't
want you to try and see through mine.
They say my vision is tinted with rose coloured lenses, that I love freely because my love
has yet to be snatched away, but what they don't know is that my love had been
captured from the minute I was born.
The fear is debilitating, the anxiety suffocating. Your eyes are always on me as I meander
through the play area, mingling with kids I very well may never see again, but just for
the morning, are my best friends.
I wish just for a moment you would let your guard down and see the world as you once
did, feel everything as you once felt it, love everyone as you once loved.
I wish you could see the world like you used to.
I wish you could see the stars the way I do.
I wish you could see the night sky and think of all the endless possibilities.
I wish you could see the bright new day the dawn shall bring.
I wish you could see.
Amanda Chan
I Wish You Could See...
Text 2 — Poem
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!
Rudyard Kipling
If–
Text 3 — Image
Text 4 — Speech
The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all
forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. And yet the same revolutionary beliefs
for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe--the belief that the rights of
man come not from the generosity of the state, but from the hand of God.
Let us begin anew--remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and
sincerity is always subject to proof. Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear
to negotiate.
Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belabouring those problems which
divide us.
Let both sides, for the first time, formulate serious and precise proposals for the inspection
and control of arms--and bring the absolute power to destroy other nations under the absolute
control of all nations.
Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us
explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage
the arts and commerce.
Let both sides unite to heed in all corners of the earth the command of Isaiah--to "undo the
heavy burdens ... and to let the oppressed go free."
In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than in mine, will rest the final success or failure of
our course. Since this country was founded, each generation of Americans has been summoned
to give testimony to its national loyalty. The graves of young Americans who answered the
call to service surround the globe.
And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can
do for your country.
My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we
can do for the freedom of man.
Finally, whether you are citizens of America or citizens of the world, ask of us the same high
standards of strength and sacrifice which we ask of you. With a good conscience our only sure
reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love,
asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be
our own.
John F. Kennedy
Inaugural Address of John F. Kennedy
Section II
Texts Prescribed for Section II:
Þ Prose Fiction Þ Anthony Doerr, All the Lights We Cannot See
Þ Amanda Lohrey, Vertigo
Þ George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four
Þ Favel Parrett, Past the Shadows
Þ Poetry Þ Rosemary Dobson, Rosemary Dobson Collected
The prescribed poems are:
§ Young Girl at a Window
§ Over the Hill
§ Summer’s End
§ The Conversation
§ Cock Crow
§ Amy Caroline
§ Canberra Morning
Þ Kenneth Slessor, Selected Poems
The prescribed poems are:
§ Wild Grapes
§ Gulliver
§ Out of Time
§ Vesper-Song of the Reverend Samuel Marsden
§ William Street
§ Beach Burial
Þ Drama Þ Jane Harrison, Rainbow’s End, from Vivienne Cleven et
al., Contemporary Indigenous Plays
Þ Arthur Miller, The Crucible
Þ William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
Þ Nonfiction Þ Tim Winton, The Boy Behind the Curtain
The prescribed chapters are:
§ Havoc: A Life in Accidents
§ Betsy
§ Twice on Sundays
§ The Wait and the Flow
§ In the Shadow of the Hospital
§ The Demon Shark
§ Barefoot in the Temple of Art
Þ Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb, I am Malala
Film Þ Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot
Media Þ Ivan O’Mahoney, Go Back to Where You Came From
The prescribed episodes are:
§ Series 1: Episodes 1, 2 and 3
and
§ The Response
Þ Lucy Walker, The Waste Land
