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Junior Cycle Classics: Women's daily lives
How often Women's daily lives comes up on the Classics papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.
CL Asked on 3 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years
Women's daily lives, Common Level(9 marks)
Quick ones on Women's daily lives.
(a)Compared with women in Athens, Roman women…
- Could vote in all Roman elections
- Went out more freely, even to dinners
- Were never allowed out of the house
(b)Why were poorer Greek women seen in public more often than rich ones?
- They had slaves to guard them
- They were allowed to vote
- They needed to work outside
(c)Roman tombstones praised a good wife with 'lanam fecit' (she worked wool). What does this show?
- Housework was seen as her virtue
- Wives were paid for their work
- Women ran the wool trade in Rome
Show the answers
(a) Went out more freely, even to dinners
(b) They needed to work outside
(c) Housework was seen as her virtue
Common Level
Asked on 3 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years
Every paper, year by year
| Year | Where it came up |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Q4, Q6 |
| 2025 | Q5 |
| 2024 | Not asked |
| 2023 | Q4 |
| 2022 | Not asked |
Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.