plumiThe universal hero: Heracles/Hercules: OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation questions
Every OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation exam question on The universal hero: Heracles/Hercules, 2021–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 22 questions on The universal hero: Heracles/Hercules, as a list
- June 2025, Myth and Religion, Q1 (1 mark): Source A: A pot showing Heracles attacking the Hydra.. 1 Why did Heracles have to carry out labours? [1]
- June 2025, Myth and Religion, Q2 (3 marks): Source A: A pot showing Heracles attacking the Hydra.. 2 What problems did Heracles face in the labour shown in Source A? Make three points. 1 2 3 [3]
- June 2025, Myth and Religion, Q3(a) (2 marks): How did Heracles manage to defeat the Stymphalian birds? Make two points. 1 2 [2]
- June 2025, Myth and Religion, Q3(b) (1 mark): Choose one of these points. What does it tell you about Heracles? [1]
- June 2024, Myth and Religion, Q8 (8 marks): Source D: Homeric Hymn to Heracles the Lion Hearted. Source E: A section of the frieze from the temple of Apollo at Bassae. 8 ‘Heracles deserved his heroic stat
- June 2023, Myth and Religion, Q19 (6 marks): Source K: A metope from the Temple of Zeus at Olympia. Source L: An extract from Ovid’s Metamorphoses. 19 Explain how both sources show the heroic nature of Her
- June 2023, Myth and Religion, Q20 (6 marks): Source K: A metope from the Temple of Zeus at Olympia. Source L: An extract from Ovid’s Metamorphoses. 20 Explain how both sources show the roles the gods playe
- June 2023, Myth and Religion, Q21 (3 marks): Source K: A metope from the Temple of Zeus at Olympia. Source L: An extract from Ovid’s Metamorphoses. 21 Explain one limitation of using Source K to learn abou
- June 2022, Myth and Religion, Q8 (1 mark): Source C: An extract from a Greek geographer called Pausanias. 8 What story was sculpted on the metopes of the temple described in Source C? [1]
- June 2022, Myth and Religion, Q9(a) (1 mark): What mythological story is shown in Source D? [1]
- June 2022, Myth and Religion, Q9(b) (2 marks): Who are the parents of the child labelled A in Source D? Give both parents’ names. 1 2 [2]
- June 2022, Myth and Religion, Q17 (1 mark): Source J: An extract describing Hercules’ battle with Achelous. 17 What is the name of the Roman author who wrote Source J? [1]
- June 2022, Myth and Religion, Q18(a) (2 marks): State two things that Achelous said to argue that he was better than Hercules. 1 2 [2]
- June 2022, Myth and Religion, Q18(b) (1 mark): Why were Achelous and Hercules arguing? [1]
- June 2022, Myth and Religion, Q19(a) (1 mark): What was the final form Achelous took when fighting Hercules? [1]
- June 2022, Myth and Religion, Q19(b) (1 mark): What did Hercules tear from Achelous’ body when he was in this form? [1]
- November 2021, Myth and Religion, Q4(a) (1 mark): Who is being described in Source C? [1]
- November 2021, Myth and Religion, Q4(b) (1 mark): Who is the ‘black-clouded son of Cronus’ (line 3)? [1]
- November 2021, Myth and Religion, Q4(c) (1 mark): What had the person being described in Source C done that led him to be ‘sent away by Lord Eurystheus’ (line 5)? [1]
- November 2021, Myth and Religion, Q5(a) (2 marks): Give two details about the first task that Lord Eurystheus asked this person to do. 1. 2. [2]
- November 2021, Myth and Religion, Q5(b) (1 mark): In what way did this task show off the heroic nature of the person? [1]
- November 2021, Myth and Religion, Q17 (8 marks): Source K: A map of Ancient Rome, the red line marks the walls around the city. Source L: An extract from Virgil’s Aeneid. 17 In what different ways might the st
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