Tuesday 12 June 2007

the wide flat spaces of the world

A) 'If you can't be happy where you are, you can't be happy anywhere'
Discuss, with examples from your own life.

B) 'Hell is Other People'
Do you agree? Demonstrate how this might or might not apply in the case of
i) The Armenian Massacres of 1915
ii) Either the life of Algernon Charles Swinburne or the death of Walt Disney
iii) the darkness before creation

(answer two of the three)


C) Construct an analogy using the saline nature of either tears or the sea and the salt that makes a dish palatable and adds piquance and savour.

(Examinees are encourages to refer to either the third daughter of Llyr or Lot's wife, but not both)


D) If I was God I would abolish...

Complete in 250 words or less. Physical practicalities and human nature are to be respected. The Law of Conservation of Happiness may not be violated.
(counts for 50% of your final score)