Oh, then you have a good chance - ignore me. I thought you might have gone to a mediocre school and had an overestimation of your skill. You have a great chance
Well, yes. But one of the reasons it's so difficult to is because the HSC marks much more harshly than schools, and it's very subjective, with a wide margin of error before it goes to a third marker. So it's less about being exemplary at English, and more about being lucky on the day, getting...
Nice! That might even be a state rank. Hoping for 45/45 from yesterday, and 59 or 60 from today. Do you think a 101/102 (taking worst case scenario) would state rank?
Depends how well you did it... if you explained it well (i.e. an emotional understanding of history is more important than a 'truthful' understanding, as all records of history are subjective), then you could get a 20. Don't sweat it, I was just explaining the most obvious interpretation.
MOD C EXPLAINED:
(Obviously other interpretations are possible, however this was the intended interpretation).
The prevailing view of history is one constructed by those in positions of power (i.e. history is written by the victor), rather than being an objective record of reality.