plumiDeath and burial: OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation questions
Every OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation exam question on Death and burial, 2021–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 13 questions on Death and burial, as a list
- June 2025, Myth and Religion, Q13(a) (2 marks): Give two ways the Romans prepared their dead for burial. 1 2 [2]
- June 2025, Myth and Religion, Q13(b) (1 mark): Choose one of these ways. What does it tell us about the importance of burial to the Romans? [1]
- June 2025, Myth and Religion, Q15(a) (1 mark): What is the name of the festival that is described in Source G? [1]
- June 2025, Myth and Religion, Q15(b) (1 mark): In which month did this festival take place? [1]
- June 2025, Myth and Religion, Q15(c) (2 marks): Give two examples of daily life that did not take place during this festival. 1 2 [2]
- June 2025, Myth and Religion, Q16(a) (2 marks): Why were the black beans mentioned in Source G thrown? Make two points. 1 2 [2]
- June 2025, Myth and Religion, Q16(b) (1 mark): Choose one of these points. Why was this important to the Romans? [1]
- June 2024, Myth and Religion, Q19 (15 marks): Answer Question 19 or Question 20. You must use any suitable classical sources you have studied to support your answer and make comparisons between Greece and R
- June 2023, Myth and Religion, Q13 (3 marks): Source G: A row of tombs outside one of the entrance gates to the Roman town of Pompeii. 13 Give three reasons why the Romans chose this location in a town to b
- June 2023, Myth and Religion, Q14 (2 marks): Source G: A row of tombs outside one of the entrance gates to the Roman town of Pompeii. 14 State two ways a wealthy Roman might make a funeral procession more
- June 2023, Myth and Religion, Q15(a) (2 marks): Describe a Roman funerary mask. Make two points. 1 2 [2]
- June 2023, Myth and Religion, Q15(b) (1 mark): What role did a funerary mask play in the Roman burial process? [1]
- November 2021, Myth and Religion, Q9 (8 marks): Source E: An extract from a Greek writer discussing Greek burial practice. Source F: A piece of pottery showing a scene from a Greek burial. 9 In what ways were
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