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OCR GCSE Ancient History past-paper questions on Women in Athens, 2021–2025, with mark schemes and examiner’s reports where available.
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- June 2025, Athens in the Age of Pericles, Q12 (5 marks): What can we learn from Passage C about Aspasia? [5] Passage C ‘So this may be a suitable place to consider what great skill or power this woman [Aspasia] had fo
- June 2025, Athens in the Age of Pericles, Q13 (5 marks): Using details from Passage C, how accurate do you think Plutarch’s account of Aspasia is? [5] Passage C ‘So this may be a suitable place to consider what great
- June 2024, Athens in the Age of Pericles, Q12 (5 marks): What can we learn from Passage C about the portrayal of women’s lives in Athens? [5] Passage C We women are the most miserable. First, we must buy (at an overin
- June 2024, Athens in the Age of Pericles, Q13 (5 marks): Using details from Passage C, how accurate do you think Euripides’ Medea is about the portrayal of women’s lives in Athens? [5] Passage C We women are the most
- June 2023, Athens in the Age of Pericles, Q15 (20 marks): ‘The role of women in Athens was simply to be a wife and mother.’ How far do you agree with this view? You must use and analyse the ancient sources you have stu
- June 2022, Athens in the Age of Pericles, Q9 (10 marks): Explain the significance of women in Athenian life. [10]
- November 2021, Athens in the Age of Pericles, Q7 (5 marks): What can we learn from Passage B about women in Athens? [5] Passage B I said, “Isamachus, but I would also really like to learn this from you. Did you yourself
- November 2021, Athens in the Age of Pericles, Q8 (5 marks): Using details from Passage B, how accurate do you think Xenophon’s portrayal of women in Athens is? [5] Passage B I said, “Isamachus, but I would also really li
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