OCR As Level Paper 2 Latin 2025 Question Paper

Access the official OCR AS Level Latin H043/02 Literature June 2025 question paper PDF. This examiner-produced OCR paper contains the exact prose and verse literature questions sat by candidates during the June 2025 AS Level Latin examination series.

The paper covers major OCR AS Level Latin literature set texts including Cicero’s Pro Caelio, Tacitus’ Annals XII, Virgil’s Aeneid II, and Juvenal’s Satire 6. Students are tested through translation tasks, literary-analysis questions, stylistic commentary, contextual discussion, comprehension exercises, and extended evaluative essays assessing AO2 knowledge and AO3 critical interpretation.

The prose section includes questions on Cicero’s persuasive techniques, sarcasm, courtroom rhetoric, and Tacitus’ presentation of Agrippina and Claudius, while the verse section explores Virgil’s portrayal of Sinon, the Trojan Horse, dramatic irony, and Juvenal’s satirical criticism of Roman society, morality, and attitudes towards wealth.

This OCR H043/02 June 2025 question paper is ideal for timed mock examinations, literary-analysis practice, essay-planning exercises, translation revision, and OCR examiner-style Classics preparation. Fully updated for the 2025/2026 academic year, the PDF is optimised for desktop, tablet, and mobile study.

This document is designed for OCR AS Level Latin students preparing for the 2026 examination series, including Year 12 Classics students, tutors, independent learners, retake candidates, and home-school students studying Latin literature.

It is especially valuable for students studying Cicero, Tacitus, Virgil, and Juvenal who want to improve literary-analysis skills, translation accuracy, contextual understanding, and examiner-focused essay-writing technique. Teachers, Classics departments, and revision-course providers can also use the paper for mock examinations, AO2/AO3 assessment practice, classroom discussion, and essay-planning workshops.