plumiWomen of legend: OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation questions
Every OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation exam question on Women of legend, 2021–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 20 questions on Women of legend, as a list
- June 2025, Women in the Ancient World, Q1 (1 mark): Source A: Relief sculpture depicting a scene from the story of Helen.. 1 Identify the goddess labelled X in Source A. [1]
- June 2025, Women in the Ancient World, Q2 (1 mark): Source A: Relief sculpture depicting a scene from the story of Helen.. 2 Why is this goddess visiting Helen? [1]
- June 2025, Women in the Ancient World, Q3 (1 mark): Source A: Relief sculpture depicting a scene from the story of Helen.. 3 Who was Helen’s first husband? [1]
- June 2025, Women in the Ancient World, Q4 (2 marks): Source A: Relief sculpture depicting a scene from the story of Helen.. 4 Why did the Trojans want Helen to go back to Sparta? Make two points. 1 2 [2]
- June 2025, Women in the Ancient World, Q24 (8 marks): Source H: Lucretia’s husband returns home to discover that Lucretia has been attacked by. 24 ‘Roman women considered honour to be more important than their pers
- June 2024, Women in the Ancient World, Q29 (15 marks): Answer Question 28 or Question 29. You must use any suitable classical sources you have studied to support your answer and make comparisons between Greece and R
- June 2023, Women in the Ancient World, Q1 (1 mark): Source A. 1 Why was Helen’s husband miserable (line 6)? [1]
- June 2023, Women in the Ancient World, Q2 (1 mark): Source A. 2 What is another name for the city of Ilium (line 7)? [1]
- June 2023, Women in the Ancient World, Q3(a) (1 mark): Helen states she is in ‘Proteus’ house’ (line 3). Where is Proteus’ house situated? [1]
- June 2023, Women in the Ancient World, Q3(b) (1 mark): Where does her husband think she is? [1]
- June 2023, Women in the Ancient World, Q4 (2 marks): Source A. 4 Why is it important to Helen that she keeps her bed ‘undefiled’ (line 5)? Give two reasons. 1 2 [2]
- June 2023, Women in the Ancient World, Q5 (1 mark): Source B. 5 What is the name of the woman who opened the jar? [1]
- June 2023, Women in the Ancient World, Q6 (1 mark): Source B. 6 What is the meaning of her name? [1]
- June 2023, Women in the Ancient World, Q7(a) (2 marks): What gifts had the gods given her, besides the jar? Make two points. 1 2 [2]
- June 2023, Women in the Ancient World, Q7(b) (1 mark): Describe how one of these gifts is significant. [1]
- June 2023, Women in the Ancient World, Q15 (2 marks): Source E. 15 What was the ‘grievance [that] had caused the war’ (line 1)? Make two points. 1 2 [2]
- June 2023, Women in the Ancient World, Q16(a) (2 marks): List two outcomes of the action of the women described in Source E. 1 2 [2]
- June 2023, Women in the Ancient World, Q16(b) (1 mark): Describe why one was significant. [1]
- June 2023, Women in the Ancient World, Q17 (1 mark): Source E. 17 Who was king of Rome at this time? [1]
- June 2022, Women in the Ancient World, Q31 (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
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