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WEDNESDAY, 25 APRIL
10.20 AM – 11.35 AM
CLASSICAL STUDIES
STANDARD GRADE
General Level
Fill in these boxes and read what is printed below.
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1. Life in 5th century Athens
Entertainment was important to the people of Athens.
(a)Give three examples of types of entertainment which were available in
Athens.
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(b) Would you have liked to have attended these types of entertainment?
Give three reasons for your answer.
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(c) Entertainment was often linked with worship of the gods. Which forms
of entertainment were linked in this way?
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2. Life in 5th century Athens
The picture above shows the Parthenon.
(a) Do you think it would have been an impressive sight for a visitor to
Athens?
Give two reasons for your answer.
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(b) There was a yearly festival for Athena, called the Panathenaia. Would
you have liked to have seen this?
Give two reasons for your answer.
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(c)Give two examples of what happened at this festival.
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3. Life in 5th century Athens
The picture above shows a baby.
(a) Describe the ways in which new-born babies were welcomed by the
family.
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3.(continued)
Some babies were left outside to die.
(b) Do you think this was a reasonable way to treat a new-born baby?
Give three reasons for your answer.
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4. Homer—Odyssey, Books 9, 10 and 12
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(a) Describe the adventure Odysseus and his men had with the Cicones.
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(b) Do you think Odysseus acted like a good leader in this story?
Give two reasons for your answer.
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5. Homer—Odyssey, Books 9, 10 and 12
After their escape from the Cyclops’ cave, Odysseus did something that
almost caused all their deaths.
(a) What did Odysseus do?
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(b) What did the Cyclops do as a result?
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6. Homer—Odyssey, Books 9, 10 and 12
Odysseus’ men were defeated by the Laestrygonians. Why do you think this
happened?
Give three reasons for your answer.
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7. Homer—Odyssey, Books 9, 10 and 12
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Below is a vase painting of the Sirens and Odysseus’ ship.
Circe warned Odysseus about the danger presented by the Sirens. She also
gave him advice as to how he should deal with this danger.
(a) Why do you think Odysseus trusted Circe then, when she had treated
some of his crew badly at the start of their adventure?
Give two reasons.
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(b) Write a brief description of the danger presented by the Sirens to passing
ships.
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7. (continued)
(c) “The way Odysseus and his crew dealt with the Sirens can be described
as a good team effort.”
Do you agree with this statement? Give reasons for your answer.
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8. Homer—Odyssey, Books 9, 10 and 12
“With regard to the monsters Scylla and Charybdis, there could never be any
chance of complete victory for anyone who dared to challenge either of them.”
Explain this statement.
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9. Pompeii—79 AD
The picture below shows a kitchen just as it looked when it was excavated.
(a) Write a brief description of this kitchen. Include in your description the
following:
(i) the way in which the food was cooked;
(ii) the reason for the utensils hanging on the wall;
(iii) the arched section below the cooking area.
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9.(continued)
(b) How difficult do you think it might have been to work in this kitchen?
Give two reasons for your answer.
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10. Pompeii—79 AD
The photograph below shows the remains of one of the many bakeries in
Pompeii.
The flour for baking the bread was produced on the premises.
(a) Describe the way in which this was done.
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10.(continued)
The wall painting below shows a baker selling bread to his customers.
While the customers were buying bread, slaves would be busy making more
bread in another part of the shop.
(b)Give two reasons why bakeries were such busy places in Pompeii.
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(c) Do you think it might have been enjoyable to work in a bakery?
Give two reasons for your answer.
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11. Pompeii—79 AD
The photograph below shows the plaster casts of some adults and children
who died while trying to escape the eruption of Vesuvius.
(a) Write a brief account of how these plaster casts were made.
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11.(continued)
Some victims were found with items such as keys and jewellery beside them.
(b) Why do you think they took these items along with them?
Give two reasons for each item.
Keys
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Jewellery
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Another victim was found lying on the ground with a box of medical
instruments beside him.
(c) Why do you think he had taken this box with him, even though it must
have been quite heavy?
Give two reasons.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Question 9 (a)­—Picture of a kitchen in Pompeii is taken from Page 36 of Pompeii, by
Peter Connolly, ISBN 0 19 917158 0. Published by Oxford University Press (OUP).
Reproduced by permission of AKG Images.
Question 10 (a)—Picture showing remains of a bakery is taken from Page 26 of Pompeii,
by Ian Andrews, ISBN 0 521 20973 0. Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP).
Permission is being sought from CUP.
Question 10 (b)—Picture of a baker selling bread to customers is taken from Page 58 of
Pompeii, by Peter Connolly, ISBN 0 19 917158 0. Published by Oxford University Press
(OUP). Reproduced by permission of AKG Images.
Question 11 (a)—Photo of plaster casts of adults and children who died while trying to
escape the eruption of Vesuvius is taken from Page 175 of Cambridge Latin Course (CLC),
Book 1, 4th Edition, ISBN 0 521 63543 8. Published by Cambridge University Press
(CUP). Permission is being sought from CUP.