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• Use black ink.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided. If you need extra space use
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• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
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1 Read the passage and answer the questions.
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5
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.
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.
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5
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, 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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3 Read the passage and answer the question.
hesterno, Licini, die otiosi
multum lusimus in meis
tabellis, ut convenerat esse
delicatos; scribens
versiculos uterque nostrum
ludebat numero modo hoc
modo illoc, reddens mutua
per iocum atque vinum.
Catullus, Poetry and friendship, lines 1–6
Translate this passage into English.
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*1864740724*
Tuesday 3 June 2025 – Morning
• 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 [601/8124/2] DC (CJ) 350110/2
OCR is an exempt Charity
Turn over
1 Read the passage and answer the questions.
, 2
5
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.
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 .....................................................................................................................................
..................
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, 3
5
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, 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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Turn over for the next question.
3 Read the passage and answer the question.
hesterno, Licini, die otiosi
multum lusimus in meis
tabellis, ut convenerat esse
delicatos; scribens
versiculos uterque nostrum
ludebat numero modo hoc
modo illoc, reddens mutua
per iocum atque vinum.
Catullus, Poetry and friendship, lines 1–6
Translate this passage into English.
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