plumiMyth and the city: foundation stories: OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation questions
Every OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation exam question on Myth and the city: foundation stories, 2021–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 32 questions on Myth and the city: foundation stories, as a list
- June 2025, Myth and Religion, Q22 (15 marks): Answer Question 21 or Question 22. You must use any suitable classical sources you have studied to support your answer and make comparisons between Greece and R
- June 2024, Myth and Religion, Q2 (1 mark): Source A: Pottery depicting Poseidon. 2 With which goddess did Poseidon compete for the naming of Athens? [1]
- June 2024, Myth and Religion, Q3(a) (2 marks): What gift did each god give to try and win the competition? 1 2 [2]
- June 2024, Myth and Religion, Q3(b) (1 mark): Why was the goddess’s gift more useful? [1]
- June 2024, Myth and Religion, Q4(a) (1 mark): What is the name of the hero Plutarch is writing about in Source B? [1]
- June 2024, Myth and Religion, Q4(b) (2 marks): Give two details about the place that the hero ‘voluntarily sailed’ to (lines 1–2). 1 2 [2]
- June 2024, Myth and Religion, Q4(c) (3 marks): How did the hero manage to survive against the ‘wild beast’ (line 2)? Make three points. 1 2 3 [3]
- June 2024, Myth and Religion, Q9(a) (1 mark): What is the name of the city Aeneas has been driven from? [1]
- June 2024, Myth and Religion, Q9(b) (1 mark): What religious objects did Aeneas bring with him from this city? [1]
- June 2024, Myth and Religion, Q9(c) (3 marks): According to Livy, what happened after Aeneas and his men had been ‘driving spoils from the fields’ (line 4) that led to him founding Lavinium? Give three detai
- June 2024, Myth and Religion, Q10(a) (1 mark): What is the name of Aeneas’ son? [1]
- June 2024, Myth and Religion, Q10(b) (1 mark): What is the name of the city Aeneas’ son founded? [1]
- June 2023, Myth and Religion, Q9 (8 marks): Source D: An extract from a Greek Historian called Diodorus Siculus. Source E: The British Museum’s Theseus Kylix. 9 ‘Theseus was worthy of his heroic status.’
- June 2023, Myth and Religion, Q10(a) (1 mark): What is the name of the ‘great city’ (line 1) Livy is referring to in Source F? [1]
- June 2023, Myth and Religion, Q10(b) (1 mark): What is the name of the ‘Vestal’ (line 2) that had been abducted? [1]
- June 2023, Myth and Religion, Q10(c) (1 mark): What is the name of the king (line 5) who is acting cruelly? [1]
- June 2023, Myth and Religion, Q11 (3 marks): Source F: An extract from the Roman writer Livy. 11 Give three details of what happened to the twins after the events described in Source F but before they were
- June 2023, Myth and Religion, Q12(a) (2 marks): Name the two hills that Romulus and Remus wanted to found their city on. 1 2 [2]
- June 2023, Myth and Religion, Q12(b) (1 mark): How did Romulus and Remus decide which hill should be chosen? [1]
- June 2022, Myth and Religion, Q4(a) (1 mark): What is the name of the person Theseus is defeating in Source B? [1]
- June 2022, Myth and Religion, Q4(b) (2 marks): How did Theseus defeat this person? Give two details. 1 2 [2]
- June 2022, Myth and Religion, Q5(a) (1 mark): What city was Theseus travelling to when he met the person shown in Source B? [1]
- June 2022, Myth and Religion, Q5(b) (1 mark): Who was the king of this city? [1]
- June 2022, Myth and Religion, Q26 (15 marks): Answer one of the following questions. You should refer to any appropriate Classical sources you have studied to support your argument and make comparisons betw
- November 2021, Myth and Religion, Q11(a) (1 mark): Who gave a ‘pledge of eternal friendship’ (line 4) to Aeneas? [1]
- November 2021, Myth and Religion, Q11(b) (1 mark): In what land do the events described in Source H take place? [1]
- November 2021, Myth and Religion, Q11(c) (1 mark): According to Livy, what are this man and Aeneas doing immediately before the discussion described in Source H? [1]
- November 2021, Myth and Religion, Q12(a) (2 marks): According to Livy, what did the ‘eternal friendship’ allow Aeneas to do? Give two details. 1. 2. [2]
- November 2021, Myth and Religion, Q12(b) (1 mark): Why were these things important for the future city of Rome? [1]
- November 2021, Myth and Religion, Q18 (6 marks): Source M: The British Museum Theseus Kylix. Source N: An extract from Livy’s Early History of Rome. 18 Explain how important heroes were to Athens and Rome. [6]
- November 2021, Myth and Religion, Q19 (3 marks): Source M: The British Museum Theseus Kylix. Source N: An extract from Livy’s Early History of Rome. 19 Explain how reliable the stories the Greeks and Romans to
- November 2021, Myth and Religion, Q20 (6 marks): Source M: The British Museum Theseus Kylix. Source N: An extract from Livy’s Early History of Rome. 20 Explain which method of recording is more useful for lear
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