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2026 Statistics

Key Facts: HSC Latin Extension Exam

50 marks

Total marks for the HSC Latin Extension written paper

NESA / NSW DoE Latin Extension Quick Reference Guide

2 hours + 10 min

Working time plus reading time for the written exam

NESA Assessment and Reporting in Latin Extension

30 + 20

Section I Prescribed Text (30) and Section II Non-prescribed Text (20)

NSW DoE Latin Extension Stage 6 Quick Reference Guide

70% / 30%

School-based weightings: prescribed vs non-prescribed text skills

NESA Assessment and Reporting in Latin Extension

Bands E1–E4

Extension performance reporting bands (E4 highest)

NESA Performance Band Descriptions for Latin Extension

Satire 2025–26

Current genre prescription: Juvenal Satire 3; Horace Satire 1.9

NESA Course Prescriptions for Latin Extension 2025–2029

$1,443 AUD

2026 FFPOS HSC fee (no separate per-subject Extension fee)

NESA 2026 fee schedule

100 MCQs

OpenExamPrep English-language MCQ study adaptation only

OpenExamPrep Question Bank

HSC Latin Extension (NESA) is a 1-unit Year 12 written exam: 50 marks, 2 hours + 10 minutes reading, dictionary allowed — Section I Prescribed Text (30) and Section II Non-prescribed Text (20). Achievement is reported in Bands E1–E4. OpenExamPrep offers 100 free English-language MCQs as a study adaptation covering satire genre knowledge, translation choices, style, and criticism.

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1For the 2025–2026 HSC Latin Extension prescriptions, which literary genre is prescribed for study?
A.Satire
B.Epic
C.Elegy
D.Tragedy
Explanation: NESA’s course prescriptions for Latin Extension 2025–2026 specify Satire as the genre, with Juvenal Satire 3 and Horace Satire 1.9 as the prescribed texts.
2Which two texts are prescribed for Latin Extension satire study in 2025–2026?
A.Juvenal Satire 10 and Horace Satire 1.1
B.Juvenal Satire 3 and Horace Satire 1.9
C.Ovid Amores 1 and Propertius 1.1
D.Catullus 64 and Juvenal Satire 1
Explanation: NESA lists Juvenal, Satire 3 and Horace, Satire 1.9 as the prescribed satire texts for 2025–2026.
3In Juvenal Satire 3, who is the speaker’s friend preparing to leave Rome?
A.Maecenas
B.Aristius Fuscus
C.Umbricius
D.Crispinus
Explanation: Umbricius is Juvenal’s friend who, disgusted with life in Rome, is leaving for Cumae; most of Satire 3 is his farewell speech.
4Where is Umbricius heading when he leaves Rome in Juvenal Satire 3?
A.Athens
B.Carthage
C.Capua only as a temporary stop with no named destination
D.Cumae
Explanation: Umbricius is moving to Cumae, presented as a quieter alternative to corrupt, overcrowded Rome.
5Near which landmark does the farewell conversation of Juvenal Satire 3 begin?
A.The Porta Capena
B.The Forum of Trajan
C.The Circus Maximus starting gates
D.The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus
Explanation: The satire opens with the speaker accompanying Umbricius to the Porta Capena as he leaves the city.
6What is the central complaint driving Umbricius’s decision to abandon Rome?
A.He has been legally banished by the Senate for political conspiracy
B.Rome no longer rewards honest poverty and has become unsafe, costly, and corrupt
C.He seeks military command on the German frontier
D.He must complete a religious pilgrimage required by the Pontifex Maximus
Explanation: Umbricius’s speech catalogues moral corruption, foreign competition, danger, and expense that make honest living impossible in Rome.
7In Horace Satire 1.9, where does Horace encounter the persistent bore?
A.In Maecenas’s gardens on the Esquiline
B.At the Porta Capena
C.On the Via Sacra
D.Inside the Curia
Explanation: Horace Satire 1.9 opens with the poet strolling on the Via Sacra when an acquaintance attaches himself and will not leave.
8What does the bore in Horace Satire 1.9 primarily want from Horace?
A.A loan to buy a farm at Tibur
B.Help drafting a legal will
C.A recommendation for military tribunate
D.An introduction into Maecenas’s circle
Explanation: The bore seeks access to Maecenas through Horace and boasts of his usefulness as a companion and supporter.
9Who appears in Horace Satire 1.9 but refuses to rescue Horace from the bore?
A.Aristius Fuscus
B.Umbricius
C.Quintilius Varus
D.Trebatius Testa
Explanation: Aristius Fuscus meets them and understands Horace’s silent pleas, but mischievously pretends not to notice and leaves Horace trapped.
10How is Horace finally freed from the bore in Satire 1.9?
A.Maecenas personally dismisses the bore
B.The bore is summoned to court by an adversary in a lawsuit
C.A thunderbolt omen frightens the bore away
D.Horace bribes the bore with dinner
Explanation: An adversary appears and legally forces the bore to court; Horace escapes as the crowd follows the dispute.

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