This book is a 60-day preparation system for HSC Studies of Religion II, built to develop the analytical writing skills required across all four sections of the exam.

Your HSC Studies of Religion II exam is on the morning of Thursday 22 October 2026. At 100 marks across 3 hours and four sections, SOR II rewards students who can shift fluently between question types and sustain analytical writing across the full duration.

The SOR II exam is structured across four sections: Section I combines multiple-choice and a short answer for 30 marks (50 minutes); Section II includes three multi-part short-answer questions worth 2-6 marks each for 30 marks (1 hour); Section III is a 20-mark extended response (35 minutes); Section IV is a further 20-mark extended response (35 minutes). You know exactly what topics are assessed in which sections, making targeted preparation highly efficient.

As with all Religion exams, the most common reason students drop marks is a failure to link their responses clearly to the impact of religion or spirituality, producing answers that describe rather than analyse.

Over 8 structured weeks, this playbook builds your exam skills from baseline to final refinement:

• Baseline assessment and exam structure mastery
• Short-answer and multi-part question practice for Sections I and II
• Extended response writing for Sections III and IV
• Dedicated topic weeks on Post-1945 and Religion and Non-Religion, then Religious Depth Studies and Religion and Peace