Klausur (assessment) — Unit 9: A Novel in Full

Track E · Klasse 12 · Niveau E · 4 Stunden

Track E · Klasse 12 · Niveau E · 4 Stunden (incl. breaks) · 90 BE

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (full paper, 90 BE)
Time. 4 hours including 20 minutes of breaks (220 active minutes). Total. 90 BE.
Inhalt / Sprache split. Basisfach (basic course): 50/50. Leistungsfach (advanced course): 40/60.

Part A — Comprehension (~24 BE) Link to heading

Read twice.

“The motif of language as control moves through three phases: scripture-coded greetings (Blessed be the fruit) early; Offred’s silent private register in the middle; the Historical Notes academic-recovery frame at the close.”

  1. Phase 1: ___ . 2. Phase 2: ___ . 3. Phase 3: ___ . 4. Atwood’s structural argument: ___ .

Part B — Analysis (~18 BE) Link to heading

Read your set text. Identify three chapters where the language-as-control motif is most concentrated.

  1. Early chapter: ___ . 2. Middle chapter: ___ . 3. Late chapter / Historical Notes: ___ . 4. The structural arc: ___ .

Part C — Composition (~18 BE) Link to heading

Composition prompt: Trace one motif (other than language) across the novel in 350 words. Use 3 integrated quotes + 4 markers + 1 cleft.

Mediation (~30 BE) Link to heading

Mediation prompt: A 250-word German literary-criticism review of the novel. Mediate for an English-speaking literary-magazine reader. (Source provided in class.)

Expected-answer profile (Erwartungshorizont) — sample
Comprehension. 1. scripture-coded greetings; 2. silent private register / private narrative; 3. Historical Notes — 2195 academic conference; 4. the recovery of a silenced voice is itself vulnerable to a new form of instrumentalisation. Analysis. 1. early chapters with Blessed be the fruit greetings; 2. middle chapters with Offred’s silent composition; 3. Historical Notes — academic appropriation; 4. colonisation → refusal → academic recovery (with the third being the structural argument). Composition. Open. Mediation. Open.
grading scale (Notenschlüssel) (von 90 BE)
| 86–90 | 1+ | 81–85 | 1 | 76–80 | 1- | | 71–75 | 2+ | 66–70 | 2 | 61–65 | 2- | | 56–60 | 3+ | 51–55 | 3 | 46–50 | 3- | | 41–45 | 4+ | 36–40 | 4 | 30–35 | 4- | | 22–29 | 5 | 0–21 | 6 | | |