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2O25 OCR AS Level Classical Civilisation
H008/11 The World of the Hero
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INSTRUCTIONS
- Use black ink.
- Write your answer to each question in
the Answer Booklet. The question numbers
must be clearly shown.
- Fill in the boxes on the front of the
Answer Booklet.
- This question paper has two options:
Option 1: The Iliad
Option 2: The Odyssey
- Choose one option: answer all the
questions in Section A and one question in
Section B for that option.
INFORMATION
- The total mark for this paper is 65.
- The marks for each question are shown
in brackets [ ].
- Quality of extended response will be
assessed in questions marked with an asterisk
- This document has 12 pages.
Oxford Cambridge and RSA Tuesday 13 May 2025 – Afternoon AS Level Classical Civilisation
H008/11 The World of the Hero
Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes You must have:
- the OCR 12-page Answer Booklet INSTRUCTIONS
- Use black ink.
- Write your answer to each question in the Answer Booklet. The question numbers must be clearly shown.
- Fill in the boxes on the front of the Answer Booklet.
- This question paper has two options: Option 1: The Iliad Option 2: The Odyssey
- Choose one option: answer all the questions in Section A and one question in Section B for that option. INFORMATION
- The total mark for this paper is 65.
- The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
- Quality of extended response will be assessed in questions marked with an asterisk (*).
- This document has 12 pages. ADVICE
- Read each question carefully before you start your answer. © OCR 2025 [603/0671/3] OCR is an exempt Charity DC (EV) 354629/2 Turn over
1 What had Agamemnon done to make Achilles so angry? [1] 2 Why did Agamemnon take this action? [1] 3 Why do you think Achilles is so angry about what Agamemnon has done to him? [1] 4 What does Achilles intend to do on the day after this meeting? [1] 5 Explain how Passage A is a vivid piece of writing. Make four points and support each point with reference to Passage A. [8] © OCR 2025 H008/11 Jun25 Turn over
Choose one of the following translations of the Iliad and answer the questions. Passage B Homer, Iliad , 22.300– 333 ‘Evil death is no longer far away; it is staring me in the face and there is no escape. Zeus and his Archer son must long have been resolved on this, for all their earlier goodwill and help. ‘So now my destiny confronts me. Let me at least sell my life dearly and not without glory, after some great deed for future generations to hear of.’ With these words Hector drew the sharp, long, heavy sword hanging down at his side. He 5 gathered himself and swooped like a high-flying eagle that drops to earth through black clouds to pounce on a tender lamb or cowering hare. So Hector swooped, brandishing his sharp sword. Achilles sprang to meet him, his heart filled with savage determination. He kept his chest covered with his fine, ornate shield; his glittering helmet with its four plates nodded, and above it danced the lovely plumes that Hephaestus had lavished on the crest. Like a star moving with 10 others through the night, Hesperus, the loveliest star set in the skies – such was the gleam from his spear’s sharp point as he weighed it in his right hand with murder in his heart for godlike Hector, searching that handsome body for its most vulnerable spot. Hector’s body was completely covered by the fine bronze armour he had taken from great Patroclus when he killed him, except for the flesh that could be seen at the windpipe, where 15 the collar bones hold the neck from the shoulders, the easiest place to kill a man. As Hector charged him, godlike Achilles drove at this spot with his spear, and the point went right through Hector’s soft neck, though the heavy bronze head did not cut his windpipe and left him still able to speak. Hector crashed in the dust, and godlike Achilles triumphed over him: ‘Hector, no doubt you imagined, as you stripped Patroclus, that you would be safe. You 20 never thought of me.’ Translation: E.V. Rieu © OCR 2025 H008/11 Jun
Section B Answer one question from this section. Either 12* ‘Mortal women are of little importance to mortal men in the Iliad .’ Explain how far you agree with this statement. [25] Or 13* Discuss the different ways in which the immortals are involved in the Iliad and explain how they contribute to the success of the epic. [25] [Section B Total: 25] © OCR 2025 H008/11 Jun
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14 What is the name of the island Odysseus has just left? [1] 15 Apart from giving him clothes, give one other way Calypso helped Odysseus when he left her island. [1] 16 Which immortal has created the storm in the passage? [1] 17 Why did this immortal do this? [1] 18 Explain how Passage A is a vivid piece of writing. Make four points and support each point with reference to Passage A. [8] © OCR 2025 H008/11 Jun25 Turn over
Choose one of the following translations of the Odyssey and answer the questions. Passage B Homer, Odyssey , 22.4– 40 ‘The match that was to seal your fate is over,’ he [Odysseus] called out to the Suitors. ‘Now for another target which no man has yet hit – if I can hit it and Apollo grants my prayer.’ And with that he levelled a deadly shaft straight at Antinous. Antinous had just reached for his fine cup to take a draught of wine, and the golden, two-handled beaker was balanced in his hands. No thought of bloodshed entered his head. 5 For who could guess, there in that festive company, that one man, however powerful he might be, would bring evil death and black doom on him against such odds? Odysseus took aim and shot him in the neck. The point passed clean through his tender throat. The cup dropped from his hand as he was hit and he lurched over to one side. His life-blood gushed from his nostrils in a turbid jet. His foot lashed out and kicked the table from him; his food was scattered on the 10 ground, and bread and meat lay there in the dirt. When the Suitors saw the man collapse, there was uproar in the hall. They sprang from their chairs and rushed in confusion about the room, searching the solid walls on every side. But not a shield or sturdy spear was there to lay hands on. They rounded in fury on Odysseus: ‘Stranger, men make a dangerous target; you have played your last match. Now you shall 15 surely die. You have killed the greatest nobleman in Ithaca: for that the vultures shall eat you.’ Each of them laboured under the delusion that he had killed the man by accident. It had not dawned upon the fools that the fate of all of them was sealed. The master-strategist Odysseus gave them a black look. ‘You dogs!’ he cried. ‘You never thought to see me back from Troy. So you fleeced my household; you raped my maids; you 20 courted my wife behind my back though I was alive – with no more fear of the gods in heaven than of the human vengeance that might come. One and all, your fate is sealed.’ Translation: E.V. Rieu © OCR 2025 H008/11 Jun
Section B Answer one question from this section. Either 25* ‘Penelope is of little importance to Odysseus.’ Explain how far you agree with this statement. [25] Or 26* Discuss the different ways in which the immortals are involved in the Odyssey and explain how they contribute to the success of the epic. [25] [Section B Total: 25] END OF QUESTION PAPER Oxford Cambridge and RSA Copyright Information OCR is committed to seeking permission to reproduce all third-party content that it uses in its assessment materials. OCR has attempted to identify and contact all copyright holders whose work is used in this paper. To avoid the issue of disclosure of answer-related information to candidates, all copyright acknowledgements are reproduced in the OCR Copyright Acknowledgements Booklet. This is produced for each series of examinations and is freely available to download from our public website (www.ocr.org.uk) after the live examination series. If OCR has unwittingly failed to correctly acknowledge or clear any third-party content in this assessment material, OCR will be happy to correct its mistake at the earliest possible opportunity. For queries or further information please contact The OCR Copyright Team, The Triangle Building, Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 8EA. OCR is part of Cambridge University Press & Assessment, which is itself a department of the University of Cambridge. © OCR 2025 H008/11 Jun
GCE Classical Civilisation H008/11: The world of the hero
AS Level
Mark Scheme for June 2025 Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations
H008/11 Mark Scheme June 2025 MARKING INSTRUCTIONS PREPARATION FOR MARKING RM ASSESSOR
- Make sure that you have accessed and completed the relevant training packages for on-screen marking: RM Assessor Online Training: OCR Essential Guide to Marking.
- Make sure that you have read and understood the mark scheme and the question paper for this unit. These are available in RM Assessor
- Log-in to RM Assessor and mark the required number of practice responses (“scripts”) and the required number of standardisation responses. MARKING INSTRUCTIONS 1. Mark strictly to the mark scheme. 2. Marks awarded must relate directly to the marking criteria. 3. The schedule of dates is very important. It is essential that you meet the RM Assessor 50% and 100% deadlines. If you experience problems, you must contact your Team Leader (Supervisor) without delay. 4. If you are in any doubt about applying the mark scheme, consult your Team Leader by telephone, email or via the RM Assessor messaging system. 5. Crossed-Out Responses Where a candidate has crossed out a response and provided a clear alternative then the crossed-out response is not marked. Where no alternative response has been provided, examiners may give candidates the benefit of the doubt and mark the crossed-out response where legible. Rubric Error Responses – Optional Questions Where candidates have a choice of question across a whole paper or a whole section and have provided more answers than required, then all responses are marked and the highest mark allowable within the rubric is given. Enter a mark for each question answered into RM Assessor, which will select the highest mark from those awarded. (The underlying assumption is that the candidate has penalised themselves by attempting more questions than necessary in the time allowed.) Contradictory Responses When a candidate provides contradictory responses, then no mark should be awarded, even if one of the answers is correct. 2
H008/11 Mark Scheme June 2025 Short Answer Questions (requiring only a list by way of a response, usually worth only one mark per response) Where candidates are required to provide a set number of short answer responses then only the set number of responses should be marked. The response space should be marked from left to right on each line and then line by line until the required number of responses have been considered. The remaining responses should not then be marked. Examiners will have to apply judgement as to whether a ‘second response’ on a line is a development of the ‘first response’, rather than a separate, discrete response. (The underlying assumption is that the candidate is attempting to hedge their bets and therefore getting undue benefit rather than engaging with the question and giving the most relevant/correct responses.) Short Answer Questions (requiring a more developed response, worth two or more marks) If the candidates are required to provide a description of, say, three items or factors and four items or factors are provided, then mark on a similar basis – that is downwards (as it is unlikely in this situation that a candidate will provide more than one response in each section of the response space). Longer Answer Questions (requiring a developed response) Where candidates have provided two (or more) responses to a medium or high tariff question which only required a single (developed) response and not crossed out the first response, then only the first response should be marked. Examiners will need to apply professional judgement as to whether the second (or a subsequent) response is a ‘new start’ or simply a poorly expressed continuation of the first response.
- Always check the pages (and additional objects if present) at the end of the response in case any answers have been continued there. If the candidate has continued an answer there, then add the annotation ‘SEEN’ to confirm that the work has been seen and mark any responses using the annotations in section
- There is a NR ( No Response ) option. Award NR (No Response):
- if there is nothing written at all in the answer space
- OR if there is a comment which does not in any way relate to the question (e.g., ‘can’t do’, ‘don’t know’)
- OR if there is a mark (e.g., a dash, a question mark) which is not an attempt at the question. Note: Award 0 marks – for an attempt that earns no credit (including copying out the question). 8. The RM Assessor comments box is used by your Team Leader to explain the marking of the practice responses. Please refer to these comments when checking your practice responses. Do not use the comments box for any other reason. 3
H008/11 Mark Scheme June 2025
11. Annotations These are the annotations used in RM Assessor3, which are used when marking: Symbol Comment worthy of credit unclear error of spelling omission to draw attention to something, e.g. highlighting scholars in blue or green in the essay. Extendable vertical wavy line ……… (highlight) as instructed by the Lead Marker irrelevant point conspicuous repetition blank page – this annotation must be used on all blank pages within an answer booklet and on each page of an additional object where there is no candidate response. Only use the SEEN annotation as instructed by your Lead Marker. Great care needs to be exercised with the SEEN annotation. It is normally used: SEEN • to indicate that you have seen a plan
- on a question or page where there is nothing worthy of credit. NB: SEEN annotation will appear automatically if the automated ‘annotate blank pages’ is used prior to submitting the marked script. 5
H008/11 Mark Scheme June 2025 MARKING INSTRUCTIONS Introduction Introduction Your first task as an Examiner is to become thoroughly familiar with the material on which the examination depends. You should ensure that you have copies of these materials:
- the specification, especially the assessment objectives
- the question paper and its rubrics
- the mark scheme. You should ensure also that you are familiar with the administrative procedures related to the marking process. These are set out in the OCR booklet Instructions for Examiners. If you are examining for the first time, please read carefully Appendix 5 Introduction to Script Marking: Notes for New Examiners. Please ask for help or guidance whenever you need it. Your first point of contact is your Team Leader. Using the mark scheme Please study this mark scheme carefully. The mark scheme is an integral part of the process that begins with the setting of the question paper and ends with the awarding of grades. Question papers and mark schemes are developed in association with each other so that issues of differentiation and positive achievement can be addressed from the very start. This mark scheme is a working document; it is not exhaustive; it does not provide ‘correct’ answers. The mark scheme can only provide ‘best guesses’ about how the question will work out, and it is subject to revision after we have looked at a wide range of scripts. The Team Leader’ standardisation (SSU) meeting will ensure that the mark scheme covers the range of candidates’ responses to the questions, and that all Examiners understand and apply the mark scheme in the same way. The mark scheme will be discussed and amended at the meeting, and administrative procedures will be confirmed. Please read carefully all the scripts in your allocation and make every effort to look positively for achievement throughout the ability range. Always be prepared to use the full range of marks. Information and instructions for examiners The practice scripts provide you with examples of the standard of each level. The marks awarded for these scripts will have been agreed by the Team Leaders and will be discussed fully at SSU. The specific task-related indicative content for each question will help you to understand how the level descriptors may be applied. However, this indicative content does not constitute the mark scheme: it is material that candidates might use, grouped according to each assessment objective tested by the question. It is hoped that candidates will respond to questions in a variety of ways. Rigid demands for ‘what must be a good answer’ would 6
