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Every OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation exam question on Themes of the Odyssey, 2021–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 13 questions on Themes of the Odyssey, as a list
- June 2025, The Homeric World, Q13 (2 marks): Source D: The Laestrygonians attack Odysseus’ men. 13 What had Odysseus’s men already seen in the land of the Laestrygonians? [2]
- June 2025, The Homeric World, Q14 (2 marks): Source D: The Laestrygonians attack Odysseus’ men. 14 What evidence is there in Source D that the Laestrygonians show some signs of being a civilised society? M
- June 2025, The Homeric World, Q24 (15 marks): Answer Question 23 or Question 24. You must use any suitable literature you have studied to support your answer. 24 ‘The Odyssey is nothing more than a list of
- June 2024, The Homeric World, Q16 (6 marks): Source D. 16 What impressions of the Laestrygonians and their society does Homer create in this passage? Make three points. 1 2 3 [6]
- June 2024, The Homeric World, Q17 (2 marks): Source D. 17 What happened to the fleet in the harbour of the Laestrygonians? Make two points. 1 2 [2]
- June 2024, The Homeric World, Q18(a) (2 marks): State two of the lies that the beggar had just told Penelope. 1 2 [2]
- June 2024, The Homeric World, Q18(b) (1 mark): Give one way that Odysseus had made one of his lies more believable. [1]
- June 2024, The Homeric World, Q19 (2 marks): Source E. 19 ‘Tell me … with him.’ (Rieu) / ‘So describe … with him.’ (Kline) Give two details that Odysseus gave in reply to Penelope. 1 2 [2]
- June 2024, The Homeric World, Q21 (2 marks): Source F. 21 Apart from the fact that he ate humans, why would the Greeks have considered Polyphemus to be barbaric? Make two points. 1 2 [2]
- June 2024, The Homeric World, Q23 (15 marks): Answer Question 23 or Question 24. You must use any suitable literature you have studied to support your answer. 23 ‘Fate and the gods are the most important fa
- June 2023, The Homeric World, Q21 (15 marks): Answer Question 20 or 21. You must use any suitable classical sources you have studied to support your answer. 21 ‘Everyone gets what they deserve for their act
- June 2022, The Homeric World, Q16 (1 mark): Source F. 16 ‘The privations of a roving life’ (Rieu line 10); ‘poor nourishment and endless wandering’ (Kline lines 8–9). Why does Odysseus refer to himself in
- June 2022, The Homeric World, Q21 (15 marks): Answer one of the following questions. You should refer to any of the literature you have studied to support your argument. 21 ‘Odysseus is able to defeat the S
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