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Junior Cycle Classics: Childhood and education
How often Childhood and education comes up on the Classics papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.
CL Asked on 2 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2024.
Childhood and education, Common Level(7 marks)
Quick ones on Childhood and education.
(a)Which Roman teacher taught older boys Greek and Latin literature?
- The paedagogus
- The grammaticus
- The paterfamilias
(b)Spartan boys left home at about seven for the agoge. What was its main aim?
- To teach them to be priests
- To prepare them to be merchants
- To train them as tough soldiers
(c)Roman pupils practised writing with a pointed stylus on…
- A wax tablet
- Sheets of paper
- A slate board
Show the answers
(a) The grammaticus
(b) To train them as tough soldiers
(c) A wax tablet
Common Level
Asked on 2 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2024.
Every paper, year by year
| Year | Where it came up |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Not asked |
| 2025 | Not asked |
| 2024 | Q4 |
| 2023 | Q6 |
| 2022 | Not asked |
Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.