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Tuesday 3 June 2025 – Morning
GCSE (9–1) Latin
J282/04 Verse literature A
Time allowed: 1 hour
(Verified Question Paper With Mark
Scheme Combined June 2025)
, INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided. If you need extra
space use the lined pages at the end of this booklet. The question numbers
must be clearly shown.
• Answer all the questions.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 50.
**
• 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 16 pages.
ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
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1 Read the passage and answer the questions.
cenabis bene, mi Fabulle, apud me
paucis, si tibi di favent, diebus,
si tecum attuleris bonam atque
magnam cenam, non sine candida
puella
et vino et sale et omnibus cachinnis. 5
Catullus, Catullus invites a friend to dinner, lines 1–5
(a) cenabis … diebus (lines 1–2): when is the dinner supposed to take place?
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(b) si tecum … cachinnis (lines 3–5): state three things that Fabullus has to bring with him.
1 ..........................................................................................................................................
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2 ..........................................................................................................................................
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3 ..........................................................................................................................................
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[3]
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, 2
2 Read the passage and answer the questions.
sed contra accipies meros
amores, seu quid suavius
elegantiusve est:
nam unguentum dabo, quod meae
puellae donarunt Veneres Cupidinesque,
quod tu cum olfacies, deos rogabis, 5
totum ut te faciant, Fabulle, nasum.
Catullus, Catullus invites a friend to dinner, lines 9–14
(a) nam unguentum dabo (line 3): what does Catullus say that he will give to Fabullus?
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(b) sed contra … nasum (lines 1–6): how does Catullus try to convince Fabullus that he is
giving him something worth having?
Make two points, each referring to the Latin.
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© OCR
2025
Tuesday 3 June 2025 – Morning
GCSE (9–1) Latin
J282/04 Verse literature A
Time allowed: 1 hour
(Verified Question Paper With Mark
Scheme Combined June 2025)
, INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided. If you need extra
space use the lined pages at the end of this booklet. The question numbers
must be clearly shown.
• Answer all the questions.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 50.
**
• 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 16 pages.
ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
© OCR 2025
OCR is an exempt
[601/8124/2] DC (CJ)
Charity Turn over
350110/2
, 3
1 Read the passage and answer the questions.
cenabis bene, mi Fabulle, apud me
paucis, si tibi di favent, diebus,
si tecum attuleris bonam atque
magnam cenam, non sine candida
puella
et vino et sale et omnibus cachinnis. 5
Catullus, Catullus invites a friend to dinner, lines 1–5
(a) cenabis … diebus (lines 1–2): when is the dinner supposed to take place?
.................................................................................................................................. [1]
(b) si tecum … cachinnis (lines 3–5): state three things that Fabullus has to bring with him.
1 ..........................................................................................................................................
.............
2 ..........................................................................................................................................
.............
3 ..........................................................................................................................................
.............
[3]
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, 2
2 Read the passage and answer the questions.
sed contra accipies meros
amores, seu quid suavius
elegantiusve est:
nam unguentum dabo, quod meae
puellae donarunt Veneres Cupidinesque,
quod tu cum olfacies, deos rogabis, 5
totum ut te faciant, Fabulle, nasum.
Catullus, Catullus invites a friend to dinner, lines 9–14
(a) nam unguentum dabo (line 3): what does Catullus say that he will give to Fabullus?
.................................................................................................................................. [1]
(b) sed contra … nasum (lines 1–6): how does Catullus try to convince Fabullus that he is
giving him something worth having?
Make two points, each referring to the Latin.
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2025
