Questions 21-22
Choose two letters A-E.
Write your answers in boxes 21-22 on your answer sheet.
Which TWO audience groups have the students been asked to focus the display on?
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sixth-form history-day students
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academic staff from other departments
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local community visitors on open day
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prospective students and parents
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school literacy-project groups
(A) is incorrect. Sixth-formers attending school history days are specifically excluded.
(B) is incorrect. Academic staff from other departments are also excluded.
(C) is correct. Dr Lawson says nearby residents are expected to visit during the open day.
(D) is correct. Dr Lawson refers to people thinking of applying, usually with parents, coming through the school of architecture.
(E) is incorrect. School groups doing literacy projects are not mentioned as a target audience.
Associated Text:
this year they want the display to work for people who may not know much architectural history. On the open day we get quite a few residents from nearby who come in because they are curious about the buildings.
(A) is incorrect. Sixth-formers attending school history days are specifically excluded.
(B) is incorrect. Academic staff from other departments are also excluded.
(C) is correct. Dr Lawson says nearby residents are expected to visit during the open day.
(D) is correct. Dr Lawson refers to people thinking of applying, usually with parents, coming through the school of architecture.
(E) is incorrect. School groups doing literacy projects are not mentioned as a target audience.
Associated Text:
Then there is the admissions crowd, people thinking of applying, usually with parents in tow, who come through the school of architecture as part of their visit.
Questions 23-24
Choose two letters A-E.
Write your answers in boxes 23-24 on your answer sheet.
Which TWO reasons does Olivia give for choosing Victorian public libraries as the display topic?
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Good photographic records exist for most libraries.
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Many original buildings still work as libraries.
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Victorian library styles vary widely.
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The libraries directly improved literacy rates.
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Most were designed by famous architects.
(A) is incorrect. Ethan says the photographic record is uneven.
(B) is correct. Olivia says quite a few original buildings are still being used as libraries, making them familiar from ordinary life.
(C) is correct. Olivia says the buildings do not all look the same and gives examples across several revival styles.
(D) is incorrect. National literacy rates are not given as a reason.
(E) is incorrect. Ethan says many libraries were designed by local borough surveyors, not famous architects.
Associated Text:
What I like is that they are not just things in old photographs. Quite a few of the original buildings are still being used as libraries, so visitors may have actually been inside one,
(A) is incorrect. Ethan says the photographic record is uneven.
(B) is correct. Olivia says quite a few original buildings are still being used as libraries, making them familiar from ordinary life.
(C) is correct. Olivia says the buildings do not all look the same and gives examples across several revival styles.
(D) is incorrect. National literacy rates are not given as a reason.
(E) is incorrect. Ethan says many libraries were designed by local borough surveyors, not famous architects.
Associated Text:
they do not all look the same, either. People might expect heavy stone and classical columns, but then you find neo Gothic, neoclassical, Italianate and Romanesque revival examples,
Questions 25-30
Which angle do the students decide to lead with for each library?
- the start of free public library access
- funding from a private donor
- striking interior design
- rules about borrowing books
- a separate space for women readers
- services for children
- changes during wartime
- decisions about saving or replacing buildings
Write the correct letter
A-H next to questions 25-30.
The correct answer is A because Manchester Free Library is linked to the early movement towards libraries that ordinary people could use without paying a private subscription.
Associated Text:
Manchester Free Library opened in 1852. I do not think the panel should focus on how it looked. The important point is that it appeared very early in the move towards libraries that ordinary people could use without paying a private subscription.
The correct answer is H because Birmingham Central Library is discussed through the demolition of the Victorian building and its later replacement, raising questions about what a city keeps or replaces.
Associated Text:
Birmingham Central Library has a different story. The Victorian building was demolished, and the later building that replaced it has gone too. So the panel could look at how cities decide whether old buildings should be kept or replaced.
The correct answer is B because Stephen Mitchell left money to create the library, so the panel focuses on funding from a private donor.
Associated Text:
Mitchell Library in Glasgow is easier to explain. Stephen Mitchell left money to create it, and that gift shaped the library from the beginning.
Ethan: Yes, it shows how one private gift could become a public resource.
The correct answer is D because Cambridge University Library is presented through nineteenth-century rules requiring readers to work inside the building rather than take books away.
Associated Text:
Cambridge University Library is not really a town library, but it still gives us a useful contrast. In the nineteenth century, readers had to work inside the building and could not take books away.
The correct answer is C because John Rylands Library is discussed through its dramatic interior design, including stained glass, carved stone and a reading room that feels almost like a church.
Associated Text:
For John Rylands Library, I think the panel should be mainly visual. The inside is very dramatic, with stained glass, carved stone and a reading room that feels almost like a church.
The correct answer is E because Bristol Central Library is linked to a separate room provided for women readers when it opened.
Associated Text:
Bristol Central Library? Rather than present it as just another civic building, we could focus on the separate room provided for women readers when it opened. For that period, it was a generous provision
