OCR AS level Latin H032/02
Literature acttual 2026
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[DATE]
[COMPANY NAME]
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Oxford Cambridge and RSA
OCR AS level Latin H032/02
Literature acttual 2026 paper
merged with mark scheme
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.
• Answer one question in Section A and one question in Section B.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 80.
• 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 is an exempt Charity
Turn over
Answer one question in Section A and one question in Section B.
Section A
Pros
e
Literature
Answer
Question 1
or Question
2.
1 Read the following passages and answer the questions.
© Georgina Longley, Cicero: Pro Caelio, Bloomsbury, 2023. From first line "quid ego nunc argumentis huic crimini," to last line "non vestigium maximi facinoris reperietur."
Item removed due to third party copyright restrictions.
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(a) quid … resistam (line 1): what question does Cicero ask? [
]
(b) Translate possum dicere … non esse credendam (lines 1–4). [
]
(c) possum etiam … reperietur (lines 4–9): how does Cicero make his words
persuasive?
[
Make four points and support your answer with reference to the Latin text. ]
© Georgina Longley, Cicero: Pro Caelio, Bloomsbury, 2023. From first line "sed quid ego de dignitate istorum testium loquor?" to last line "sollertiam contraque fictas omnium insidias facile se per se ipsa
defendat!" Item removed due to third party copyright restrictions.
(d) sed quid … temperantes (lines 1–3):
(i) where did the events described here take place? [1]
(ii) how does Cicero use sarcasm to make fun of the witnesses? [4]
(e) sic enim … coniecisse (lines 3–7): how does Cicero make this a dramatic
scene?
Make three points and support your answer with reference to the Latin
text. [6]
(f) o magnam … defendat (lines 7–9): what points is Cicero making about
truth? [4]
(g) * ‘Cicero’s speech mostly uses logic and reason to defend Caelius.’
© OCR 2026 H043/02 Jun26 Turn over
, 3
To what extent is this true from what you have read in Cicero’s speech Pro
Caelio?
You must use material from the parts of the text you have studied in
English, where relevant, as
well as those parts you have read in Latin.
Do not answer this question if you have already answered Question 1.
2 Read the following passages and answer the questions.
© Allcock; Simon, Tacitus, Annals XII, Bloomsbury, 2023. From first line "multa eo anno prodigia evenere" to last line "navibusque et casibus vita populi Romani permissa
est." Item removed due to third party copyright restrictions.
(a) Translate multa eo … accipiebatur (lines 1–4). [5]
(b) nec occulti … turbidis (lines 4–5): how did the people show that they
were discontented with the
state of affairs in Rome?
(c) In lines 5–6 (pulsumque … perrupit), what happened to Claudius?
[2]
(d) quindecim … permissa est (lines 6–11): how does Tacitus make this a
disturbing picture of the problems the Romans faced?
Make three points and support your answer with reference to the Latin
text. [6]
© Allcock; Simon, Tacitus, Annals XII, Bloomsbury, 2023. From first line "vocabatur interim senatus votaque pro incolumitate principis consules et sacerdotes nuncupabant," to last line "quo miles bona in speageret
tempusque prosperum ex monitis Chaldaeorum adventaret." Item removed
© OCR 2026 H043/02 Jun26
Literature acttual 2026
paper merged with mark
scheme
[Document subtitle]
[DATE]
[COMPANY NAME]
[Company address]
, 1
Oxford Cambridge and RSA
OCR AS level Latin H032/02
Literature acttual 2026 paper
merged with mark scheme
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.
• Answer one question in Section A and one question in Section B.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 80.
• 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 is an exempt Charity
Turn over
Answer one question in Section A and one question in Section B.
Section A
Pros
e
Literature
Answer
Question 1
or Question
2.
1 Read the following passages and answer the questions.
© Georgina Longley, Cicero: Pro Caelio, Bloomsbury, 2023. From first line "quid ego nunc argumentis huic crimini," to last line "non vestigium maximi facinoris reperietur."
Item removed due to third party copyright restrictions.
© OCR 2026 H043/02 Jun26
, 2
(a) quid … resistam (line 1): what question does Cicero ask? [
]
(b) Translate possum dicere … non esse credendam (lines 1–4). [
]
(c) possum etiam … reperietur (lines 4–9): how does Cicero make his words
persuasive?
[
Make four points and support your answer with reference to the Latin text. ]
© Georgina Longley, Cicero: Pro Caelio, Bloomsbury, 2023. From first line "sed quid ego de dignitate istorum testium loquor?" to last line "sollertiam contraque fictas omnium insidias facile se per se ipsa
defendat!" Item removed due to third party copyright restrictions.
(d) sed quid … temperantes (lines 1–3):
(i) where did the events described here take place? [1]
(ii) how does Cicero use sarcasm to make fun of the witnesses? [4]
(e) sic enim … coniecisse (lines 3–7): how does Cicero make this a dramatic
scene?
Make three points and support your answer with reference to the Latin
text. [6]
(f) o magnam … defendat (lines 7–9): what points is Cicero making about
truth? [4]
(g) * ‘Cicero’s speech mostly uses logic and reason to defend Caelius.’
© OCR 2026 H043/02 Jun26 Turn over
, 3
To what extent is this true from what you have read in Cicero’s speech Pro
Caelio?
You must use material from the parts of the text you have studied in
English, where relevant, as
well as those parts you have read in Latin.
Do not answer this question if you have already answered Question 1.
2 Read the following passages and answer the questions.
© Allcock; Simon, Tacitus, Annals XII, Bloomsbury, 2023. From first line "multa eo anno prodigia evenere" to last line "navibusque et casibus vita populi Romani permissa
est." Item removed due to third party copyright restrictions.
(a) Translate multa eo … accipiebatur (lines 1–4). [5]
(b) nec occulti … turbidis (lines 4–5): how did the people show that they
were discontented with the
state of affairs in Rome?
(c) In lines 5–6 (pulsumque … perrupit), what happened to Claudius?
[2]
(d) quindecim … permissa est (lines 6–11): how does Tacitus make this a
disturbing picture of the problems the Romans faced?
Make three points and support your answer with reference to the Latin
text. [6]
© Allcock; Simon, Tacitus, Annals XII, Bloomsbury, 2023. From first line "vocabatur interim senatus votaque pro incolumitate principis consules et sacerdotes nuncupabant," to last line "quo miles bona in speageret
tempusque prosperum ex monitis Chaldaeorum adventaret." Item removed
© OCR 2026 H043/02 Jun26
