Assignment and skills: SQA Higher Classical Studies assessment quiz quiz

10 marks

20 marks

30 marks

50 marks

As a debatable question that invites a judgement

As a broad descriptive topic to cover everything

As a list of facts about Greece and Rome

As a retelling of a Greek tragedy

At home with unlimited time and no supervision

Under controlled conditions

As a spoken presentation only

As a group project marked collectively

A personal opinion with no detail

A judgement with balanced analysis

Accurate, organised knowledge with examples

Close reading of a printed extract

It rewards developed reasons, linking cause to consequence

It requires answers in Latin

It forbids the use of any examples

It asks only for a single-word answer

A simple list of dates

A description of one institution only

A translation of an ancient source

A judgement built on balanced analysis

Writing as much as possible regardless of relevance

Listing every fact you can remember

Sustained analysis tied to an argument, with a judgement

Avoiding any reference to the question

A personal feeling about the topic

A long quotation from a modern novel

A diagram of the Acropolis

Specific evidence such as an institution, example or date

A range of sources, including ancient evidence and modern scholarship

Only one ancient text

Only the candidate's own opinion

Only a single modern website

A list of further reading

A clear, supported conclusion or judgement on the issue

An apology for any gaps

A summary with no opinion

From the wider plot of the whole text

From modern critics only

From other plays by the same writer

From the printed extract itself, read closely

It is banned from the assignment entirely

It is valued, and comparison can add depth where relevant

It is the only thing that earns marks

It applies only to the literature paper

It uses too many specific examples

It answers the exact question asked

It narrates without analysing or judging

It includes a clear introduction