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wow, thanks katbro! this will really be useful for me.

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011091

what kind of marks do youget for the cicero - i did my NAB yesterday and got 40/50 but i think i could probably do better!

any tips (and for virgil aswell)?

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katbro20

Thanks, it is amazing how hard the old ones are (and how long).

My teacher has had me do all of the ones from 1988 to 2007 - not nice. I usually feel quite depressed after the harder ones. However, the exam will now seem a little easier.

I suppose, use do get used to Cicero's style of writing after a while - oh, I do so hate it.

Sorry, no, I do not have any example essays. However, this is what the marking scheme has for 2004 Cicero.

a) To what extent do you consider Verres' actions to be against the law rather than simply wicked and immoral?

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spending winter in bed

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being carried around in a litter

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conduction legal business from his bed

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accepting bribes to influence his legal decisions

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having women available to him wherever he travelled

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having wild parties

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not checking on the slaves' work in the summer

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ignoring legal duties in the forum

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exempting the Mamertini from supplying a warship

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making a deal with them the supply a boat and warehouses for his loot

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mismanaging the finances of the fleet

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allowing sailors to go home for a bribe

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capture of pirate ship

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disposing of the contents of the hip as he liked

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possibly accepting a bribe to free the pirate chief

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not allowing the people the pleasure of seeing prisoners being paraded and executed

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sending pirate to Centuripa and not the quarries

If this is useful, I will put up the answers to the other question

yeah thanks for this too i think its on the SQA website- in this Q how would you answer it - just going through each psg saying his actions are against the law as well as wicked and immoral

i.e. in passage 1 Vs spending winter in bed shows his immorality further shown when he conducts legal decisons from his bed in which he acts against the law, hs decisons are unjustly affected by the bribes he recieves....

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Does anybody have any essay plans for..

Virgil: Aeneas' character

and Cicero: His weakness' as a writer (something like that)

Also one on how he makes it humerous or something.

REALLY would appreciate it.

Reply 24

katbro20

So, how did everyone find it?

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that's really weird, i just looked back on this about 1 minute seeing that no one had replied, and then you reply. anyway...

it was really good! wasnt fazed by any of the questions, wish i had paid more attention to what the notes were on the house thing, but think i remembered enough to get about 2/3 marks for that question. only higher exam that i finished, and i will just be so GUTTED if i don't get an A. (i dont say that often)

how about you? just out of curiosity, what essay questions you do? i did cicero's illegal and criminal (thanks for the essay marking scheme , reaaally helped :biggrin:

), and virgil's enjoyment. a couple of my friends did the dido and palinurus and regreted it, i mean i knew alot about palinurus and dido, but that looked like a b- of a question to tackle so i took to the 2nd one.

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katbro20

The only question that was unexpected was the house one. I just went on about the porch, how Grief and Cares make their bed, the iron bedchambers, and the stables (I don't know if this last one was relevant).

For the essays, I did a) and a).

I thought that the translation was quite essay. Well it was easier than my estimate.

Reply 27

011091

exam was ok - the translation had no higher grammar in it - so all of us finished early

the interp was ok - my teachers gonna complain about some of the Qs for e.g. the one with the line reference but you had to go outwith the lines

the wording of some Qs were weird but it was not like they were impossbile

not really aceptable for the Sqa to give incorrect line references - don't you think?

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011091

exam was ok - the translation had no higher grammar in it - so all of us finished early

the interp was ok - my teachers gonna complain about some of the Qs for e.g. the one with the line reference but you had to go outwith the lines

the wording of some Qs were weird but it was not like they were impossbile

not really aceptable for the Sqa to give incorrect line references - don't you think?

what question are you talking about? i dont remember thinking that.. :s-smilie:

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what question are you talking about? i dont remember thinking that.. :s-smilie:

i think a ciciero Q about stone quarries and stuff then the next parts meant you had to extent the line ref!

Reply 30

011091

how did u all get on in the exam

Reply 31

katbro20

OK.

I got an A, but I still have not asked my teacher what band I got. I don't think that I want to know. I am happy with the A at the moment, but if I find out that I got an A2 I will be disappointed.

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