2025 OCR A Level Latin H443/03 Prose Literature Combined Question Paper & Final
Marking Scheme
Oxford Cambridge and RSA
Monday 9 June 2025 – Afternoon
A Level Latin
H443/03 Prose Literature
Time allowed: 2 hours
You must have:
• the OCR 12-page Answer Booklet
Do not use:
• a dictionary
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, one question in Section B and one question in
Section C.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 75.
• 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.
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Section A
Answer one question from this section.
1 Read the following passages and answer the questions.
sed tamen venenum unde fuerit, quem ad modum paratum sit, non dicitur.
datum esse aiunt huic Publio Licinio, pudenti adulescenti et bono, Caeli
familiari; constitutum esse cum servis ut venirent ad balneas Senias; eodem
Licinium esse venturum atque eis veneni pyxidem traditurum. hic primum
illud requiro, quid attinuerit ferri in eum locum constitutum, cur illi servi non 5
ad Caelium domum venerint. si manebat tanta illa consuetudo Caeli, tanta
familiaritas cum Clodia, quid suspicionis esset, si apud Caelium mulieris
servus visus esset? sin autem iam suberat simultas, exstincta erat
consuetudo, discidium exstiterat, ‘hinc illae lacrimae’ nimirum, et haec causa
est omnium horum scelerum atque criminum. 10
Cicero, Pro Caelio 61
(a) Translate sed … traditurum (lines 1– 4). [5]
(b) In lines 4–8 (hic … visus esset), how does Cicero raise doubts about the prosecution’s version of
events? [5]
(c) sin autem … criminum (lines 8–10): what is Cicero suggesting here? [2]
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praegestit animus iam videre primum lautos iuvenes mulieris beatae ac
nobilis familiares, deinde fortes viros ab imperatrice in insidiis atque in
praesidio balnearum collocatos; ex quibus requiram, quem ad modum
latuerint aut ubi, alveusne ille an equus Troianus fuerit, qui tot invictos viros
muliebre bellum gerentes tulerit ac texerit. illud vero respondere cogam, cur 5
tot viri ac tales hunc et unum et tam imbecillum, quam videtis, non aut
stantem comprehenderint aut fugientem consecuti sint; qui se numquam
profecto, si in istum locum processerint, explicabunt. quam volent in
conviviis faceti, dicaces, non numquam etiam ad vinum diserti sint, alia fori
vis est, alia triclinii, alia subselliorum ratio, alia lectorum; non idem iudicum 10
comissatorumque conspectus; lux denique longe alia est solis, alia
lychnorum.
Cicero, Pro Caelio 67
(d) * How does Cicero ridicule the young men in this passage?
You should refer both to the content and to the language of the passage. [15]
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Marking Scheme
Oxford Cambridge and RSA
Monday 9 June 2025 – Afternoon
A Level Latin
H443/03 Prose Literature
Time allowed: 2 hours
You must have:
• the OCR 12-page Answer Booklet
Do not use:
• a dictionary
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, one question in Section B and one question in
Section C.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 75.
• 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 [601/8254/4] OCR is an exempt Charity
DC (JP) 345196/2 Turn over
*1851641241*
, 2
Section A
Answer one question from this section.
1 Read the following passages and answer the questions.
sed tamen venenum unde fuerit, quem ad modum paratum sit, non dicitur.
datum esse aiunt huic Publio Licinio, pudenti adulescenti et bono, Caeli
familiari; constitutum esse cum servis ut venirent ad balneas Senias; eodem
Licinium esse venturum atque eis veneni pyxidem traditurum. hic primum
illud requiro, quid attinuerit ferri in eum locum constitutum, cur illi servi non 5
ad Caelium domum venerint. si manebat tanta illa consuetudo Caeli, tanta
familiaritas cum Clodia, quid suspicionis esset, si apud Caelium mulieris
servus visus esset? sin autem iam suberat simultas, exstincta erat
consuetudo, discidium exstiterat, ‘hinc illae lacrimae’ nimirum, et haec causa
est omnium horum scelerum atque criminum. 10
Cicero, Pro Caelio 61
(a) Translate sed … traditurum (lines 1– 4). [5]
(b) In lines 4–8 (hic … visus esset), how does Cicero raise doubts about the prosecution’s version of
events? [5]
(c) sin autem … criminum (lines 8–10): what is Cicero suggesting here? [2]
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praegestit animus iam videre primum lautos iuvenes mulieris beatae ac
nobilis familiares, deinde fortes viros ab imperatrice in insidiis atque in
praesidio balnearum collocatos; ex quibus requiram, quem ad modum
latuerint aut ubi, alveusne ille an equus Troianus fuerit, qui tot invictos viros
muliebre bellum gerentes tulerit ac texerit. illud vero respondere cogam, cur 5
tot viri ac tales hunc et unum et tam imbecillum, quam videtis, non aut
stantem comprehenderint aut fugientem consecuti sint; qui se numquam
profecto, si in istum locum processerint, explicabunt. quam volent in
conviviis faceti, dicaces, non numquam etiam ad vinum diserti sint, alia fori
vis est, alia triclinii, alia subselliorum ratio, alia lectorum; non idem iudicum 10
comissatorumque conspectus; lux denique longe alia est solis, alia
lychnorum.
Cicero, Pro Caelio 67
(d) * How does Cicero ridicule the young men in this passage?
You should refer both to the content and to the language of the passage. [15]
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