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Full test · 4 h · 3 questions · 2 sections
A full HL mock mirroring the real exam. Paper 1 (2 hours 15 minutes): two separate guided analyses of two original unseen non-literary passages, Text 1 an infographic about water use with its figures and Text 2 a magazine interview with a street musician, 20 marks each, 40 in all. Paper 2 (1 hour 45 minutes): four general questions (on public appearances and private realities, the lasting effects of loss, love and its limits, and endings); answer one in a comparative essay on two literary works you have studied, closed book, 25 marks on the 2026 criteria. The model essay compares Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis and Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman.
Paper 1: guided textual analysis (HL)
2 questions · 2 h 15 min · ≈ 67 min 30 s a question
Paper 2: comparative essay
1 question · 1 h 45 min · ≈ 105 min a question
A full HL mock mirroring the real exam. Paper 1 (2 hours 15 minutes): two separate guided analyses of two original unseen non-literary passages, Text 1 an infographic about water use with its figures and Text 2 a magazine interview with a street musician, 20 marks each, 40 in all. Paper 2 (1 hour 45 minutes): four general questions (on a role performed in public and its cost in private, loss and its lasting effects, the limits of love, and endings); answer one in a comparative essay on two literary works you have studied, closed book, 25 marks on the 2026 criteria. The model essay compares Franz Kafka’s short stories (The Metamorphosis and A Hunger Artist) and Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House.
This practice test follows the official English A L&L format: 2 sections, 240 minutes in total. Work under timed conditions and answer every question.
Your score arrives with section scores, a breakdown by topic, your time on every question and each answer explained. Questions you miss join your review queue, and written and spoken answers get an examiner’s report.