Classical Civilisation

Assessment

The World of the Hero The examination is worth 100 marks and lasts 2 hours and 20 minutes. This represents 40% of the total marks for the A Level. The examination will consist of three sections. Section A focuses solely on Homer and will contain two sets of questions; one on the Iliad and one on the Odyssey. Students will answer the questions on the text they have studied. Section B contains questions focusing solely on Virgil’s Aeneid, and all questions in this section are compulsory. Section C contains a stimulus question in which students draw on both a passage from Homer (either the Odyssey or the Iliad) and one from Virgil; and a choice of essays. Culture and the Arts • Invention of the Barbarian The examination is worth 75 marks and lasts 1 hours and 45 minutes. This represents 30% of the total marks for the A Level. The examination will consist of two sections. All questions in Section A are compulsory. These will involve short answer and commentary questions, which respond to two stimuli from the prescribed sources list of differing types, and a shorter essay question, which takes one or both sources as its starting point. Section B contains a choice of one from two essays. In these essays, students will be expected to make use of secondary sources and academic views to support their argument. Beliefs and Ideas • Greek Religion The examination is worth 75 marks and lasts 1 hours and 45 minutes. This represents 30% of the total marks for the A Level. The examination will consist of two sections. All questions in Section A are compulsory. These will involve short answer and a commentary question responding to one stimulus from the prescribed sources list, and the same style of questions discussing an idea from one of the key thinkers, and a shorter essay question which takes the source, idea or both as a starting point. Section B contains a choice of one from two essays. In these essays, students will be expected to make use of secondary sources and academic views to support their argument.