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LIST OF CONTENTS

CAPE® Literatures in English Syllabus Extract 3

CAPE® Literatures in English Syllabus 4

CAPE® Literatures in English Specimen PapersĂŶĚ

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Unit 1 Paper 01 Specimen Paper 52
Unit 1 Paper 01 Key 67
Unit 1 Paper 02 Specimen Paper 68
Unit 1 Paper 02 Key and Mark Scheme 96
Unit 1 Paper 032 Specimen Paper 106
Unit 1 Paper 032 Key and Mark Scheme 126
Unit 2 Paper 01 Specimen Paper 134
Unit 2 Paper 01 Key 149
Unit 2 Paper 02 Specimen Paper 150
Unit 2 Paper 02 Key 178
Unit 1 and 2 Paper 02 Mark Scheme 187
Unit 2 Paper 032 Specimen Paper 192
Unit 2 Paper 032 Key and Mark Scheme 213

CAPE® Literatures in English Subject Reports:

2004 Subject Report 223
2005 Subject Report 249
2006 Subject Report 254
2007 Subject Report 267
2008 Subject Report Trinidad and Tobago 280
2008 Subject Report Rest of Caribbean 293
2009 Subject Report 306
2010 Subject Report 323
2011 Subject Report 346
2012 Subject Report 371
2013 Subject Report 397
2014 Subject Report 428
2015 Subject Report 450
2018 Subject Report 472
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2. one work of Caribbean literature;

3. one work of poetry; and,

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