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Key Facts: European Baccalaureate Language 1 Advanced Exam
240 Min
Written examination duration (4 hours)
OSGES European Baccalaureate Regulations
5.0 / 10
Subject pass mark threshold in the European Baccalaureate
Schola Europaea Marking Scale
3 Periods
Weekly elective periods in addition to 4-period standard L1
OSGES S6-S7 Curriculum Guidelines
4 Pillars
Core curriculum areas: Literary Analysis, Comparative Literature, Rhetoric/Stylistics, Textual Commentary
OSGES L1 Advanced Syllabus
60%
Overall Baccalaureate composite score required for diploma
Office of the Secretary-General of the European Schools
100
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1In Gérard Genette's narratology, how is 'internal focalization' distinguished from 'zero focalization'?
A.Internal focalization restricts information to what a specific character perceives, whereas zero focalization features an omniscient narrator with unlimited perspective.
B.Internal focalization occurs when the narrator knows less than any character, whereas zero focalization focuses strictly on external dialogue.
C.Internal focalization is exclusive to second-person narratives, while zero focalization applies only to biographical accounts.
D.Internal focalization uses only dialogue, while zero focalization relies entirely on non-verbal descriptions.
Explanation: Internal focalization filters narrative perception strictly through a specific character's mind and sensory range (N = C). In contrast, zero focalization corresponds to classical authorial omniscience, where the narrator knows more than any individual character (N > C) and can move freely in space and time.
2Which excerpt demonstrates free indirect discourse (style indirect libre)?
A.She said to herself, 'I will leave tomorrow at dawn.'
B.She stared at the rain. What a miserable day to leave home! Yet there was no turning back now.
C.He told me that he was planning to leave the following morning.
D.Leaving at dawn, she stepped into the street without looking back.
Explanation: This choice illustrates free indirect discourse by blending the character's subjective voice, emotional reaction ('What a miserable day...'), and idiom into the third-person narrative tense without speech quotes or introductory reporting verbs. this choice is direct discourse, this choice is tag-reported indirect speech, and this choice is standard third-person action summary.
3What temporal distortion occurs when a narrative departs from chronological order to recount events that occurred prior to the current narrative timeline?
A.Prolepsis
B.Isochrony
C.Analepsis
D.Ellipsis
Explanation: Analepsis (commonly known as flashback) is a narrative anachrony that narrates past events relative to the story's main timeline. Prolepsis anticipates future events, ellipsis skips a duration of time altogether, and isochrony refers to equal narrative and story duration.
4Which type of narrator is a character within the story world who recounts their own central experience?
A.Heterodiegetic narrator
B.Extradiegetic non-participant narrator
C.Omniscient third-person narrator
D.Autodiegetic narrator
Explanation: In Genette's typology, an autodiegetic narrator is a homodiegetic narrator who is also the primary protagonist recounting their own story. A heterodiegetic narrator is absent from the story world, while an extradiegetic narrator operates at a higher narrative framing level.
5In literary theory, how does mimesis differ from diegesis?
A.Mimesis represents action directly through dramatic showing, whereas diegesis presents action through narrative telling.
B.Mimesis refers to poetic meter, whereas diegesis refers to theatrical staging.
C.Mimesis is the historical context, whereas diegesis is the reader's interpretation.
D.Mimesis relies exclusively on internal monologue, whereas diegesis relies on rhymed couplets.
Explanation: Originating in ancient Greek poetics (Plato and Aristotle), mimesis signifies imitation or representation through dramatic showing (e.g. dialogue and action), whereas diegesis signifies narrative telling or recounting by a mediator.
6In classical French or English verse analysis, what is the central metrical pause that divides an alexandrine or dodecasyllabic line into two hemistichs?
A.Enjambment
B.Caesura
C.Anaphora
D.Volta
Explanation: A caesura is the structural pause within a line of verse, classically occurring after the sixth syllable in a twelve-syllable alexandrine to create two equal six-syllable hemistichs. Enjambment refers to line overflow, anaphora to initial repetition, and volta to the sonnet turn.
7What metrical device occurs when a syntactic phrase completes its sense in the very first words of the following line, creating a strong pause immediately after?
A.Contre-rejet (counter-rejection)
B.Hemistich
C.Rejet (rejection/overflow)
D.Synalepha
Explanation: In French and comparative prosody, a 'rejet' occurs when an enjambment carries over a brief element (one or two words) into the beginning of the next line followed by a strong punctuation mark, emphasizing that isolated element. 'Contre-rejet' starts the phrase at the very end of the preceding line.
8What sound device is characterized by the repetition of similar vowel sounds in close proximity within a verse or line of prose?
A.Alliteration
B.Cacophony
C.Consonance
D.Assonance
Explanation: Assonance is the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds within nearby words (e.g. 'the light of the fire is a sight'). Alliteration repeats initial consonant sounds, consonance repeats internal/final consonant sounds, and cacophony refers to harsh sound combinations.
9How does the structural shift (volta) typically function in a classic Italian (Petrarchan) sonnet compared to an English (Shakespearean) sonnet?
A.In the Petrarchan sonnet, the volta occurs between the octave and the sestet, whereas in the Shakespearean sonnet, it frequently occurs at the final rhyming couplet.
B.In the Petrarchan sonnet, the volta occurs in the second line, whereas in the Shakespearean sonnet, it occurs in line eight.
C.In the Petrarchan sonnet, the volta marks a change in meter from iambic to trochaic, whereas the Shakespearean sonnet omits it.
D.In the Petrarchan sonnet, the volta is a visual stanza break, whereas the Shakespearean sonnet requires a refrain.
Explanation: In the Italian (Petrarchan) sonnet (ABBAABBA CDECDE/CDCDCD), the volta typically marks a major thematic pivot between line 8 and line 9 (octave to sestet). In the English (Shakespearean) sonnet (ABAB CDCD EFEF GG), three quatrains build an argument culminating in a sharp thematic turn or resolution in the final couplet (lines 13-14).
10What constitutes dramatic irony in a theatrical text?
A.A character expressing sarcasm that offends other stage characters.
B.The audience possessing vital knowledge about plot developments that the characters on stage do not yet know.
C.An unexpected comic resolution at the end of a tragic play.
D.A narrator directly interrupting the play to criticize the protagonist's decisions.
Explanation: Dramatic irony occurs when the audience or reader knows crucial information that one or more characters on stage are unaware of, creating tension, suspense, or poignant double meanings in their dialogue and actions.
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