The IB has stated that "Paper 2 contains four questions of a general nature which require students to write a comparative essay referring to two works studied during the course” (42 Language and Literature Guide).

So, a general question will, by necessity, be broad in nature allowing a wide and diverse set of literary works to be used.

Not yet!  Technically, no student has sat a Paper 2 exam in the "new" iteration of the IB Language and Literature course.  First exams for Paper 2 will be in May 2023.  Still, we have specimen papers by the IB and the previous course which allows us to have a general sense of what may arise.

You'll have to ask your teacher for a past paper (and not until the May 2023 exams have occurred).  However, the example we provide below is the types of questions you can expect.  It is NOT an actual past exam nor is it exactly what you will get!

Paper 2 Practice Exam Paper