Cambridge IGCSE Latin 0480 — 2009 May/June Paper 2 · Variant 1

This document consists of 5 printed pages and 3 blank pages. (NH) T69450/1 © UCLES 2009 [Turn over UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS International General Certificate of Secondary Education READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST If you have been given an Answer Booklet, follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet. Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. Answer all questions. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. * 5 3 5 7 5 2 5 9 4 7 * LATIN 0480/02 Paper 2 Literature May/June 2009  1 hour 30 minutes Additional Materials: Answer Booklet/Paper www.XtremePapers.com

 0480/02/M/J/09 © UCLES 2009 Section A: Virgil Aeneid IV 1 Read the following passage, and answer the questions: sic fatus nocti se immiscuit atrae. tum vero Aeneas subitis exterritus umbris corripit e somno corpus sociosque fatigat praecipites: ‘vigilate, viri, et considite transtris; solvite vela citi. deus aethere missus ab alto festinare fugam tortosque incidere funes ecce iterum instimulat. sequimur te, sancte deorum, quisquis es, imperioque iterum paremus ovantes. adsis o placidusque iuves et sidera caelo dextra feras.’ dixit vaginaque eripit ensem fulmineum strictoque ferit retinacula ferro. idem omnes simul ardor habet, rapiuntque ruuntque; litora deseruere, latet sub classibus aequor, adnixi torquent spumas et caerula verrunt.  570–583 (i) sic fatus (line 1): who has just spoken? [1] (ii) What reason has been given that Aeneas should make his escape immediately? [2] (iii) Translate from the beginning as far as citi in line 5. [5] (iv) tortosque incidere funes (line 6): what is unusual about this instruction? [1] (v) ensem (line 10): this word refers to a second sword that Aeneas has taken. To what use is his original weapon to be put?  [2] (vi) Write out and scan line 11 (fulmineum … ferro), marking in the long and short syllables and divisions between the feet. [2] (vii) Show one way in which Virgil matches sound or rhythm to sense in lines 12–13. [1] (viii) What action is being described in the last line? [1]  [Total: 15] 1 5 6 10 11 12 13

 0480/02/M/J/09 © UCLES 2009 [Turn over 2 Read the following passage, and answer the questions: haec ait, et partes animum versabat in omnes, invisam quaerens quam primum abrumpere lucem. tum breviter Barcen nutricem adfata Sychaei, namque suam patria antiqua cinis ater habebat: ‘Annam, cara mihi nutrix, huc siste sororem: dic corpus properet fluviali spargere lympha, et pecudes secum et monstrata piacula ducat. sic veniat, tuque ipsa pia tege tempora vitta. sacra Iovi Stygio, quae rite incepta paravi, perficere est animus finemque imponere curis Dardaniique rogum capitis permittere flammae.’ sic ait. illa gradum studio celebrabat anili.  630–641 (i) invisam … lucem (line 2): why does Dido wish to die? [2] (ii) Sychaei (line 3): who was Sychaeus, and what had happened to him? [2] (iii) patria antiqua (line 4): to what country does this phrase refer? [1] (iv) Translate from Annam in line 5 as far as vitta in line 8. [5] (v) Explain in your own words how Dido is not telling Barce the whole truth in lines 9–11 (sacra… flammae). [4] (vi) Which Latin word in line 12 indicates Barce’s age? [1]  [Total: 15] 3 Do you consider that Virgil encourages in his readers greater sympathy for Dido than for Aeneas? Support your answer with reference to the text of the part of the Aeneid you have read. You should write at least 100 words. [10] 2 3 4 5 8 9 11 12

 0480/02/M/J/09 © UCLES 2009 Section B: Two Centuries of Roman Prose 4 Read the following passage, and answer the questions: lusit vir egregius extremo spiritu, cum iam praecordiis conceptam mortem contineret, vereque ei cui venenum praebiberat mortem eam est auguratus quae brevi consecuta est. quis hanc maximi animi aequitatem in ipsa morte laudaret, si mortem malum iudicaret? vadit in eundem carcerem atque in eundem paucis post annis scyphum Socrates, eodem scelere iudicum quo tyrannorum Theramenes. quae est igitur eius oratio, qua facit eum Plato usum apud iudices iam morte multatum?  Cicero 1.2–3 (i) vir egregius (line 1): name him. [1] (ii) lusit (line 1): what had the jest consisted of? [2] (iii) vere … auguratus (lines 2–3): what later event is being referred to here? [2] (iv) Translate from quis in line 3 as far as iudicaret in line 4. [3] (v) vadit … Socrates (lines 5–6): explain the literary device (figure of speech) that Cicero is using.  [2] (vi) paucis post annis (line 5): give the year of Socrates’ death. [1] (vii) Which Latin word in the third sentence vadit … Theramenes (lines 5–6) shows that Cicero disapproved of both verdicts? [1] (viii) tyrannorum (line 6): who were these men? [1] (ix) oratio (line 7): what speech is being referred to? [2]  [Total: 15] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

 0480/02/M/J/09 © UCLES 2009 5 Read the following passage, and answer the questions: ‘totum etiam pollicerer, nisi timerem ne hoc munus meum quandoque ambitu corrumperetur, ut accidere multis in locis video, in quibus praeceptores publice conducuntur. huic vitio occurri uno remedio potest, si parentibus solis ius conducendi relinquatur, isdemque religio recte iudicandi necessitate collationis addatur. nam qui fortasse de alieno neglegentes, certe de suo diligentes erunt dabuntque operam, ne a me pecuniam non nisi dignus accipiat, si accepturus et ab ipsis erit. proinde consentite conspirate maioremque animum ex meo sumite, qui cupio esse quam plurimum, quod debeam conferre.’  Pliny 6–9 (i) To whom is Pliny addressing these words? [1] (ii) What was Pliny’s decision about the money, and what reason does he give in the first sentence (lines 1–3, totum … conducuntur) for this decision? [4] (iii) What suggestion does he make in the second sentence (lines 4–6, huic … addatur), and what reason does he give for making it? [2] (iv) Translate the third sentence (lines 6–9, nam … erit). [7] (v) Show one way in which Pliny adds weight to his words by his use of language in the fourth sentence (lines 9–11, proinde … conferre). [1]  [Total: 15] 6 Of the three authors, Cicero, Seneca and Pliny, which have you most enjoyed reading? Give reasons for your choice. Support your answer with reference to the text. You should write at least 100 words. [10] 1 3 4 6 9 11

 0480/02/M/J/09 Permission to reproduce items where third-party owned material protected by copyright is included has been sought and cleared where possible. Every reasonable effort has been made by the publisher (UCLES) to trace copyright holders, but if any items requiring clearance have unwittingly been included, the publisher will be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity. University of Cambridge International Examinations is part of the Cambridge Assessment Group. Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is itself a department of the University of Cambridge. BLANK PAGE

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS International General Certificate of Secondary Education MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2009 question paper for the guidance of teachers 0480 LATIN 0480/02 Paper 2 (Literature), maximum raw mark 80 This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates, to indicate the requirements of the examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not indicate the details of the discussions that took place at an Examiners’ meeting before marking began, which would have considered the acceptability of alternative answers. Mark schemes must be read in conjunction with the question papers and the report on the examination. • CIE will not enter into discussions or correspondence in connection with these mark schemes. CIE is publishing the mark schemes for the May/June 2009 question papers for most IGCSE, GCE Advanced Level and Advanced Subsidiary Level syllabuses and some Ordinary Level syllabuses. www.XtremePapers.com

Page 2 Mark Scheme: Teachers’ version Syllabus Paper IGCSE – May/June 2009 0480 02 © UCLES 2009 Section A: Virgil Aeneid IV 1 (i) Mercury (or a phantom resembling him) [1] (ii) Dido is planning some desperate act [1] and will do all she can in the morning to prevent him [1] Credit other sensible references to the text (iii) sic...atrae 1 tum...praecipites 2 vigilate...citi 2 [5] (iv) Cutting (stern) cables only done in an emergency [1] (v) Dido will use it to kill herself on the pyre that she has built [2] (vi) fūlmĭnĕ|ūm strīct|ōquĕ fĕr|īt rĕtĭn|ācŭlă |fērrō [2] (vii) - dactyls give sense of rapidity - so do repeated ‘l' and 'r' sounds Accept either [1] (viii) Rowing [1] (Though in line 5 he has told his men to unfurl the sails) 2 (i) She has been deserted by Aeneas, and her heart is broken [2] (ii) Her previous husband [1] He was killed by Pygmalion, Dido's brother, for money [1] (iii) Tyre or Phoenicia (or Sidon/Sidonia) [1] (iv) Annam...sororem 1 dic...ducat 3 sic...vitta 1 [5] (v) She says she has decided to perform rites for Jupiter and to burn the effigy of Aeneas on the pyre she has built in order to make a clean break with him; in fact it is herself that she intends to burn on the pyre – though she is in a way making an offering to Jupiter of the Underworld, and freeing herself from her troubles by dying [4] (vi) anili [1] 3 Dido wins sympathy as the woman who has given Aeneas her all only to be deserted by him without warning or discussion; she has had a difficult past and was looking forward to better times; but she is varium et mutabile semper. Aeneas is obedient to a higher calling and has the gods on his side; he displays pietas to his family, his men and the gods. Up to 6 marks for a balanced account, and up to 4 marks for textual reference (in Latin or English). [10]

Page 3 Mark Scheme: Teachers’ version Syllabus Paper IGCSE – May/June 2009 0480 02 © UCLES 2009 Section B: Two Centuries of Roman Prose 4 (i) Theramenes [1] (ii) When he took the poison he toasted his worst enemy, Critias, since it was the custom for the person toasted to drink the cup next [2] (iii) Critias was killed (in a political brawl) the next year [2] (iv) quis...laudaret 2 si iudicaret 1 [3] (v) vadit is being used with carcerem and scyphum in different senses (zeugma or syllepsis) (allow 1 mark for word order) [2] (vi) 399 BC [1] (vii) scelere [1] (viii) The Thirty Tyrants (who were in power in Athens after the end of the Peloponnesian War (404 BC); very right wing) [1] (ix) Socrates' defence speech (Apologia) written up by Plato after his death [2] 5 (i) His fellow-citizens of Como/Fathers [1] (ii) He had decided not to donate the whole sum (for the payment of a teacher) [1] because if he did he was worried that the money might be misused for private gain [2] as often happens [1] (iii) That the parents should have the sole right of engaging the teacher [1] because their money was at stake [1] (iv) nam... neglegentes 2 certe...operam 2 ne...accipiat 2 si ... erit 1 [7] (v) - asyndeton/omission of conjunctions - (ascending) tricolon - imperatives Accept any one [1] 6 The question offers plenty of scope for individual analysis and evaluation. Cicero may attract because of the moral and political insights; Seneca for the narrative and the psychological insights; and Pliny for the social content. Some candidates may opt to focus on the literary merits of the author chosen. Allow up to 6 marks for coherent argument, and up to 4 for textual reference (in Latin or English). [10]