OCR GCSE Latin 2013: Apuleius and Aeneid

how did it go everyone?

I thought it was alright :/ not terrible, but not as easy as the January paper (I did Part B)

Reply 81

Helena...

Original post by radhikagulati

how did it go everyone?

I thought it was alright :/ not terrible, but not as easy as the January paper (I did Part B)

I did B too. Comprehension was so hard- why are they evenly matched etc!

Reply 82

Original post by Helena...

I did B too. Comprehension was so hard- why are they evenly matched etc!

yeah i thought that as well, i think for that one i put the fact luck plays a part and at this point, they both have equal luck and so equal chances of winning and the fact they are both raining blow upon blow on each other therefore, they are both fighters- neither is yet the winner and neither is the loser :/

what did you put for the one before the translation that said what happened before he was fleeing (something like that) and the 8 marker?

Reply 83

Helena...

Original post by radhikagulati

yeah i thought that as well, i think for that one i put the fact luck plays a part and at this point, they both have equal luck and so equal chances of winning and the fact they are both raining blow upon blow on each other therefore, they are both fighters- neither is yet the winner and neither is the loser :/

what did you put for the one before the translation that said what happened before he was fleeing (something like that) and the 8 marker?

he had picked up the wrong sword and the sword broke. I said how parts are unexpected, dramatic etc and used examples Why did the earth groan!

Reply 84

TelephoneBox

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Original post by Helena...

he had picked up the wrong sword and the sword broke. I said how parts are unexpected, dramatic etc and used examples Why did the earth groan!

That's what I put at first and then I combined them into a single point and talked about the stag simile.

Once again OCR have provided us with some very ambiguous questions which I find slightly disappointing but perhaps that is because I thought I knew the set text well enough not to hazard a guess with most questions. 8-mark question was lovely again, we got lucky!

Reply 85

Original post by TelephoneBox

That's what I put at first and then I combined them into a single point and talked about the stag simile.

Once again OCR have provided us with some very ambiguous questions which I find slightly disappointing but perhaps that is because I thought I knew the set text well enough not to hazard a guess with most questions. 8-mark question was lovely again, we got lucky!

I put Turnus' mortal sword broke due to to Aeneas' god-made armour and the Trojans closed in on him in a densely packed ring from all sides (couldnt think of anything else :/) so hopefully ill get 1 mark :smile:

I thought the 8 marker was alright, it wasnt the best one we could have gotten and the 12 marker was the same- you could think of enough points, just not so many that you can pick and choose

for the earth one i said it foreshadowed the violence and loud noise of the fight that was to come (guessed again) :/

Reply 86

alexgr97

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OCR seem to be making a habit of asking the most ambiguous questions possible where they could be so much better expressed, thus making it easier to answer. I knew the text fully, and I struggled with some of the questions. Was ok on the whole though.

Reply 87

Original post by MissMedicine

Do you think that Horace shows more honest respect to Fortune than Jupiter?

No

Reply 88

username1042689

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I did Section A. Bitch of a paper. The comprehension questions were horrible and sometimes ambiguous (like for Persius they asked you for something that wasn't in the passage they showed). The 10 marker was hard, too. The eight marker was lovely, HOWEVER our stupid teacher had never made us aware that any question like that would come up.

But I don't care, because my GCSEs are overrrrrr :tongue:

Reply 89

krishthakrar

Original post by paradoxicalme

I did Section A. Bitch of a paper. The comprehension questions were horrible and sometimes ambiguous (like for Persius they asked you for something that wasn't in the passage they showed). The 10 marker was hard, too. The eight marker was lovely, HOWEVER our stupid teacher had never made us aware that any question like that would come up.

But I don't care, because my GCSEs are overrrrrr :tongue:

whar was the Perseus question you're on about?

Reply 90

What did they ask about Perseus?

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username1042689

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They gave lines 5-8 of Persius ("now my fields are increasing, now my sheepfold is increasing"...sigh in vain for the single coin left at the very bottom of his purse) and then asked 'what did he hope to get in return for his offerings?' But what he's stating in lines 5-8 isn't what he hopes to get, it's what he thinks he is getting. It states in lines 1-4 what he hopes he will get (grant that my household gods make me prosperous, grant me cattle and fertile flocks).

Original post by Kolasinac138

What did they ask about Perseus?

Original post by krishthakrar

whar was the Perseus question you're on about?

Reply 92

He hoped to get cattle and offspring - that was the answer

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username1042689

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Original post by Kolasinac138

He hoped to get cattle and offspring - that was the answer

That's my point - that wasn't in the extract they gave. Completely misleading question.

Reply 94

alexgr97

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Original post by paradoxicalme

That's my point - that wasn't in the extract they gave. Completely misleading question.

We had one of those in Section B too. "What happened to cause this action?" and it wasn't in the passage.

Reply 95

i'm not gonna get an A* 100%

Reply 96

how did everyone do?

i got an a* :smile:

Reply 97

daisyde

Original post by radhikagulati

how did everyone do?

i got an a* :smile:

Unfortunately I got a C which I'm really shocked about. I was predicted an A* and got an A in my mock and normally you go up a grade in the exam but I went down by 2 grades. I'm really surprised and confused as I didn't think it went too badly. What should I do? Do you think I should get it remarked or did I just mess up really badly?

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