June 2011

Address Unknown: Kressmann Taylor
Extract: Letters January 3, 1934 and January 17, 1934 from Our Dear Martin to Our
hopes will follow your new efforts, Eisenstein.
Using this extract as your starting point, you should:
• explore how Taylor manipulates the voice and the language of Max to incriminate
Martin
• examine the changes in Martin's voice as he reacts to Max's later letters.
(AO1 = 20, AO2 = 30

January 2011 question

Extract: Letter 10th December 1932 from 'You write of Griselle. So she wins her success,
the lovely one!' to 'My heartiest greetings to you.' Using this extract as your starting point, you should:

• explore the ways in which Taylor manipulates the voice of Martin to communicate
  details of his affair with Griselle to the reader
• examine how Martin's voice here contrasts with his portrayal of Griselle later in the
  novella.
  (AO1 = 20, AO2 = 30

May 2010

Address Unknown: Kressmann Taylor
Extract: Letter December 8 1933 from Heil Hitler! to I was helpless to aid her
Using this extract as your starting point, you should:
• explore how Taylor uses the voice of Martin to convey his attitude towards the
Jews through his response to the killing of Griselle
• examine the impact that this episode has on the perspective of Max to both his
relationship with Martin and to the broader situation in Germany as the novella
progresses.
(AO1 = 20, AO2 = 30

 

January 2010

Address Unknown: Kressman Taylor
Extract: Letter July 9,1933 from As for the stern measures that so distress you to the old,
strong gods of the German race.
Using this extract as your starting point, you should:
• explore how Taylor uses the voice of Martin to convey his changing attitude to the
situation in Germany
• examine how Martin's perspective is influenced by Nazi propaganda as the novella
progresses.
(AO1 = 20, AO2 = 30

May 2009

6 Address Unknown: Kressman Taylor
Extract: Letter ‘May 18, 1933’ from “I am in distress at the press reports” to “Write me,
my friend, and set my mind at ease”.
Using this extract as your starting point, you should:
• explore how Taylor manipulates the voice of Max in this letter to capture his
distress at reports from Germany about the treatment of the Jews
• examine how Taylor uses language to convey how Max’s trust in Martin changes
as the novella progresses.
(AO1 = 20, AO2 = 30)
(Total = 50 marks)

January 2009

Address Unknown: Kressman Taylor
Extract from Letter March 25, 1933 from “Publicly, as is natural, I express no doubt” to
“To you alone, Max, I say I do not know. I do not know. Yet I hope.”
Using this extract as your starting point, you should:
• explore how Taylor uses the voice of Martin to convey his private thoughts to Max
on the rise of Hitler
• examine how Martin’s perspective on Hitler changes and how this is reflected in
the voice employed in his letters as the novella progresses.
(AO1 = 20, AO2 = 30)
(Total = 50 marks)