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Junior Cycle Classics: Home, family and dining
How often Home, family and dining comes up on the Classics papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.
CL Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker
Quick ones on Home, family and dining.
- Tablinum
- Triclinium
- Peristylium
- He shared equal power with his wife
- He had to obey his own eldest son
- He had legal power over his children
- The master's office and records
- Storing wine and olive oil
- A bedroom for the children
Show the answers
(a) Triclinium
(b) He had legal power over his children
(c) The master's office and records
Common Level
Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker
Every paper, year by year
| Year | Where it came up |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Q6 |
| 2025 | Q4, Q6 |
| 2024 | Q6 |
| 2023 | Q5 |
| 2022 | Q4, Q7 |
Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.
More Home, family and dining questions
Home, family and dining, 2 marks
What was the atrium of a Roman house mainly used for?
- Cooking the whole family's meals
- Sleeping, like a bedroom
- Greeting visitors and clients
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Greeting visitors and clients
The atrium was the grand entrance hall. Clients waited here for the morning greeting, and ancestor masks and the lararium were often kept here to impress visitors.