Rome
YEAR
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
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Section A1
Sacrifice
Minerva
Temples
Cena
Education
Temples
Section A2
Cena
Slavery
Circus Maximus
Slavery
Sacrifice
Circus Max
Section A3
Chariots
Education
Gladiators
Amphitheatre
The wife
Paterfamilias
Section B
Religion
Chariots
Education
Colosseum
Slavery
Education
Section B
Colosseum
The wife
Paterfamilias
Religion
Colosseum
Colosseum
2010
‘Comfort or confusion’. Explain which emotion you think a Roman was more likely to feel
in a society which had many gods?
‘Death, death and more death’. How useful is this statement in helping us to understand
why a day at the Colosseum was so popular?
2011
‘Romans watched chariot-racing only because it was dangerous.’ To what extent do
you think that this statement is accurate?
To what extent do you think that a Roman wife led a fulfilling life?
2012
‘A preparation for life’. To what extent do you think children’s education in Rome
prepared them for life.
‘The success of an Roman family rested entirely on the paterfamilias’. To what extent do
you agree with this statement?
The Odyssey
YEAR Section A1
2010 BK 5
(Calypso)
2011 Bk 6
(Nausicaa)
2012 Bk 7
(Phaeacians)
2013 Bk 5
(Calypso)
2014 Bk 5
(Calypso)
2015 Bk 5
(Calypso)
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Section A2
Bk 9
(Cyclops)
Bk 7
(Calypso)
Bk 10
(Circe)
Bk 6
(Nausicaa)
Bk 7
(Alcinous)
Bk 9
(Lotus
Eaters)
Section A3
Bk 10
(Circe)
Bk 12
(Boat)
Bk 12
(Scylla)
Bk 9
(Cyclops)
Bk 10
(Aeolus)
Bk 12
(Scylla &
Charybdis)
Section B
Odysseus
Section B
The Phaeacians
Gods
Odysseus
The story
Women
Odysseus
The story
‘Barbarians’
Odysseus
Book as
entertaining
Characters as good
or bad
2010
Odysseus is referred to as ‘nimble-witted’ and the ‘man of many resources’; to what
extent do you think his actions in The Odyssey justify these epithets?
To what extent does Homer show Phaeacian society to be perfectly civilised?
2011
In what ways are the gods and goddesses important to the success of The Odyssey as
a story?
How effective a leader do you think Odysseus was?
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2012
How far is Homer’s Odyssey an epic and not just a series of stories?
How far are women and goddesses responsible for the problems Odysseus faces?
Pompeii
YEAR
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Section A1
Forum
Houses
Baths
H of the
Faun
Location
Location
Section A2
H of Vettii
Politics
Theatre
Thermopolium
Section A3
Thermopolium
Amphitheatre
Archaeology
Forum
Section B
Baths
Forum
Politics
Location
Section B
Destruction
Comedy
Houses
Life in city
Politics
Thermopolia
Amphitheatre
Comedy
Destruction
Destruction
Baths
Baths
2010
 ‘Business not pleasure’. How accurate is this statement in helping us understand the
popularity of the baths in Pompeii?
 How far do you agree that Pliny’s account of the destruction of Pompeii is more
revealing than the archaeological evidence?
2011
 To what extent did the Forum in Pompeii reflect the values and priorities of the citizens?
 Watching a comedy was an enjoyable experience for a Pompeian.’ To what extent do
you agree with this statement?
2012
 Pompeii had a fair and effective government’. How far do you agree with this statement?
 To what extent do the houses in Pompeii reflect the priorities and values of their
owners?