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Key Facts: Schleswig-Holstein Abitur Latin Exam

2 Aufgabenteile, 2:1 gewichtet

The written exam pairs an Übersetzungsaufgabe with an Aufgabenteil, combined 2:1 in favor of the translation

Fachanforderungen Latein, Ministerium für Schule und Berufsbildung Schleswig-Holstein

300 / 240 min

Working time at erhöhtem / grundlegendem Anforderungsniveau

MBWFK Schleswig-Holstein, OAPVO-related guidance on Kernfach Bearbeitungsdauer

30.04.2026

Expected written Kernfach-Fremdsprache exam date (Latein, Englisch, Spanisch, Russisch, Dänisch, Griechisch) in the 2026 main session

za.schleswig-holstein.de Terminplan Abitur 2026 (via stark-verlag.de, profiling-institut.de)

2 Themenkorridor-Themen

2026: 'Redekunst als Waffe' (Cicero, Philippische Reden) and 'Keine Liebe ohne Leiden?' (Ovid, Properz, Tibull: Liebeselegien)

IQSH Fachportal Latein, Themenkorridore des Zentralabiturs

0-15 Punkte

Grading scale for each Prüfungsfach, from Note 1 (15-13 Punkte) to Note 6 (0 Punkte)

Landesverordnung über die Gestaltung der Oberstufe und der Abiturprüfung (OAPVO), Schleswig-Holstein

200 / 100 Punkte

Minimum Gesamtqualifikation: 200+ from Block I and 100+ from Block II, out of 900 maximum

OAPVO §§31-33, Schleswig-Holstein

Free 100-question English-language MCQ study bank for Schleswig-Holstein Zentralabitur Latein, mapped to the confirmed 2026 Themenkorridor (Cicero's Philippische Reden under 'Redekunst als Waffe'; Ovid, Properz, and Tibull's Liebeselegien under 'Keine Liebe ohne Leiden?') plus core Latin grammar, translation skill, meter, and rhetorical devices. Official exam: German-language Übersetzungsaufgabe plus Aufgabenteil on an unseen Latin passage, graded 2:1; working time 300 min (eA) / 240 min (gA); written date 30.04.2026 (expected, per the state's Terminplan). Not an official-format simulation; no fee for regular school candidates.

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1How many orations make up Cicero's series of speeches against Mark Antony known as the Philippicae?
A.Fourteen
B.Twelve
C.Four
D.Seven
Explanation: Cicero delivered and published a set of fourteen orations against Mark Antony between September 44 BC and April 43 BC, collectively known as the Philippicae (the Philippics).
2Why did Cicero himself apply the name 'Philippicae' to his speeches against Antony?
A.He compared his own campaign against Antony to Demosthenes' orations warning Athens against Philip II of Macedon
B.The speeches were first delivered in the Macedonian city of Philippi
C.Antony's family name was Philippus
D.The title reflects a philosophical school Cicero followed
Explanation: Cicero drew the parallel himself, most famously in a letter to Brutus, likening his resistance to Antony to Demosthenes' fourth-century Athenian orations against the expansionist king Philip II of Macedon.
3What event immediately set the political crisis in motion that Cicero addresses throughout the Philippics?
A.The assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March, 44 BC
B.The outbreak of the Third Punic War
C.The death of Cato the Younger at Utica
D.Antony's proclamation as a client-king of Egypt
Explanation: Caesar's assassination on 15 March 44 BC left a power vacuum that Antony, as surviving consul, tried to fill; Cicero's Philippics respond directly to Antony's subsequent actions in the following months.
4What was Cicero's central rhetorical aim across the Philippic orations?
A.To brand Antony a would-be tyrant and public enemy (hostis) and rally the Senate to resist him
B.To secure a formal triumph for his own past military service
C.To defend himself in a private lawsuit over inherited property
D.To negotiate a peaceful power-sharing arrangement between Antony and Caesar's assassins
Explanation: Cicero repeatedly casts Antony as a lawless would-be autocrat threatening the res publica, pushing the Senate toward declaring him a hostis (public enemy) and backing armed resistance.
5What is distinctive about the Second Philippic among the fourteen orations?
A.It was never actually delivered as a spoken speech in the Senate but circulated as a written pamphlet
B.It is the only speech addressed directly to Octavian rather than Antony
C.It survives only in a Greek translation
D.It was delivered on the same day as Caesar's funeral
Explanation: The Second Philippic, often considered the most savage in tone, was composed and circulated as a devastating written invective rather than delivered live in the Senate.
6Whom did Cicero promote in the Philippics as a political counterweight to Antony?
A.Octavian, Caesar's young adopted heir
B.Lepidus, Antony's future fellow triumvir
C.Sextus Pompey, based in Sicily
D.Decimus Brutus, to the exclusion of every other figure
Explanation: Cicero backed the teenage Octavian, hoping to use Caesar's heir and his private army against Antony while keeping the young man dependent on senatorial goodwill.
7Ancient tradition preserves a pun Cicero made about Octavian using a double meaning of which Latin verb?
A.Tollere, meaning both 'to raise up/honor' and 'to remove/do away with'
B.Ducere, meaning both 'to lead' and 'to marry'
C.Capere, meaning both 'to seize' and 'to understand'
D.Ferre, meaning both 'to carry' and 'to endure'
Explanation: According to the tradition preserved by later writers, Cicero remarked that the young man should be 'laudandum, ornandum, tollendum' - praised, honored, and tollendum, a barbed pun since tollere could mean either 'elevated' or, more darkly, 'disposed of'.
8What ultimately happened to Cicero after the Second Triumvirate was formed in 43 BC?
A.He was placed on the proscription lists and killed on Antony's orders in December 43 BC
B.He was exiled to Massilia (Marseille) but survived into old age
C.He was pardoned and appointed censor for life
D.He fled to Egypt and lived under Cleopatra's protection
Explanation: Octavian, Antony, and Lepidus struck a bargain of mutual proscriptions; Antony, still smarting from the Philippics, insisted on Cicero's name being included, and Cicero was hunted down and killed in December 43 BC.
9According to the tradition recorded by the historian Cassius Dio, how did Antony's wife Fulvia treat Cicero's severed head?
A.She reportedly pierced its tongue with a hairpin in a final act of revenge for the Philippics
B.She had it embalmed and displayed in her family shrine
C.She sent it to Cleopatra as a diplomatic gift
D.She ordered it buried privately out of respect for his rank
Explanation: Cassius Dio's Roman History reports that Fulvia took Cicero's severed head and pierced the tongue with a hairpin, symbolically punishing the oratory that had savaged her husband.
10Where were Cicero's severed head and hands publicly displayed after his death?
A.On the Rostra, the speakers' platform in the Roman Forum
B.At the Circus Maximus during chariot races
C.Outside the Senate House in Arpinum, his hometown
D.Nailed to the doors of Antony's private villa
Explanation: As grim political theater, Antony had Cicero's head and hands nailed to the Rostra, the very platform from which Cicero had delivered his speeches, silencing the orator's voice and hands in the place he had used them against Antony.

About the Schleswig-Holstein Abitur Latin Exam

Schleswig-Holstein Zentralabitur Latein is the state Latin-language examination for the Allgemeine Hochschulreife, taken as a written or oral Kernfach-Prüfung under the Landesverordnung über die Gestaltung der Oberstufe und der Abiturprüfung (OAPVO). Latein can be studied as a fortgeführte Fremdsprache continuing from Sekundarstufe I (examined at Großes-Latinum level) or as a neu beginnende Fremdsprache started in the Einführungsphase (examined at Latinum level). The written exam pairs an Übersetzungsaufgabe - translating an original, previously unseen Latin passage into German - with an Aufgabenteil of grammar, interpretation, and (for verse) metrical tasks, graded in a 2:1 ratio favoring the translation. For the 2026 Abiturjahrgang the confirmed Zentralabitur-Themenkorridor pairs Cicero's Philippische Reden (studied under 'Redekunst als Waffe,' Themenbereich II: Geschichte und Politik) with the Roman love elegies of Ovid, Propertius, and Tibullus (studied under 'Keine Liebe ohne Leiden?,' Themenbereich I: Welterfahrung in poetischer Gestaltung). This free bank of 100 original multiple-choice questions is an English-language study adaptation covering both Themen alongside the core grammar, translation skill, meter, rhetorical devices, and cultural context the exam draws on. It is not a simulation of the official exam, which is written and answered in German through translation and analysis of an unseen Latin text rather than selected-response questions.

Exam sponsor: Ministerium für Allgemeine und Berufliche Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kultur (MBWFK), Schleswig-Holstein, with the Institut für Qualitätsentwicklung an Schulen Schleswig-Holstein (IQSH). The requirements and fees below concern the certification or admission exam, separate from our free practice resources.

Assessment

Official written Schleswig-Holstein Zentralabitur examination in Latein, one of the state's Kernfächer under the Profiloberstufe introduced in 2021/22. The same thematic Themenkorridor applies at erhöhtem and grundlegendem Anforderungsniveau; the two levels differ in text length, task complexity, and working time rather than subject matter. The exam has two parts: an Übersetzungsaufgabe (translating an original, previously unseen Latin passage) and an Aufgabenteil (grammar, interpretation, and metrics where relevant), which are graded separately and combined in a 2:1 ratio favoring the translation. For the 2026 Abiturjahrgang the confirmed Themenkorridor is Thema 1, 'Redekunst als Waffe' (Cicero, Philippische Reden, Themenbereich II: Geschichte und Politik), and Thema 2, 'Keine Liebe ohne Leiden?' (Ovid, Properz, Tibull: Liebeselegien, Themenbereich I: Welterfahrung in poetischer Gestaltung). This 100-question bank is an English-language MCQ study adaptation only - it does not reproduce the German-language translation-and-interpretation format.

Time Limit

300 minutes at erhöhtem Anforderungsniveau and 240 minutes at grundlegendem Anforderungsniveau, per the MBWFK's guidance on Latein as a Kernfach. Permitted aids: a lateinisch-deutsches Schülerwörterbuch mit Formentabellen and a Rechtschreibwörterbuch. In the 2026 main session the written Kernfach-Fremdsprache exam (covering Latein alongside Englisch, Spanisch, Russisch, Dänisch, and Griechisch) is scheduled for Thursday, 30 April 2026, per the state's published Terminplan; mündliche Prüfungen run 15-26 June 2026.

Passing Score

Subject performance is reported on the 0-15 Punkte scale (Note 1 = 15-13 Punkte, Note 6 = 0 Punkte). Within the Latein exam, the translation and the Aufgabenteil are graded separately and combined in a 2:1 ratio (translation:Aufgabenteil). Under the OAPVO, the Gesamtqualifikation requires at least 200 of 600 possible Punkte in Block I (Qualifikationsphase Halbjahresergebnisse) and at least 100 of 300 possible Punkte in Block II (the Abiturprüfungen, each weighted four times), subject to further per-subject and per-Aufgabenfeld minimums. The 900-point maximum converts to the Abitur-Durchschnittsnote via the nationally shared KMK table; the landesweite Abiturdurchschnittsnote in 2025 was 2.37 at Gymnasien and 2.61 at Gemeinschaftsschulen.

Exam / Certification Fees

No exam fee for regularly enrolled school candidates; the Abitur is a state school examination administered by the MBWFK. Externenprüfungen (Nichtschülerprüfungen) follow separate school-administered arrangements, and no Latein-specific external fee is published in the sources reviewed.

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Our practice resources: topics covered

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Study emphasis ~18%

Cicero, Philippische Reden

Rhetorical strategies against Antony, invective, the genus deliberativum, and Cicero's language and style, per the 2026 Themenkorridor 'Redekunst als Waffe'.

Study emphasis ~18%

Late Republican history and politics

Caesar's assassination, the Second Triumvirate, the proscriptions, and the Battle of Mutina as background to the Philippics.

Study emphasis ~18%

Ovid, Propertius, and Tibullus - Liebeselegien

Authors, beloveds, and elegiac conventions (servitium amoris, militia amoris, recusatio, exclusus amator), per the 2026 Themenkorridor 'Keine Liebe ohne Leiden?'.

Study emphasis ~16%

Latin grammar and translation skill

Case usage, the ablative absolute, accusative-and-infinitive, purpose/result clauses, the gerundive, deponent verbs, and cum-clauses, tested against genuine quoted Latin.

Study emphasis ~11%

Roman culture and civilization

Otium and negotium, patron-client relations, Roman values such as pietas, the Augustan age, and Augustus's marriage legislation.

Study emphasis ~8%

Rhetorical and stylistic devices

Anaphora, chiasmus, tricolon, hyperbole, apostrophe, asyndeton, and the rhetorical question, across oratory and elegiac verse.

Study emphasis ~6%

Latin meter and versification

The dactyl and spondee, dactylic hexameter, the elegiac couplet's pentameter, and caesura versus diaeresis.

Study emphasis ~5%

Zentralabitur exam format

The Übersetzungsaufgabe/Aufgabenteil structure, its 2:1 grading weighting, permitted aids, and the Latinum/Großes Latinum distinction.

Preparing for the Schleswig-Holstein Abitur Latin Exam

What You Need to Know

  • Passing score: Subject performance is reported on the 0-15 Punkte scale (Note 1 = 15-13 Punkte, Note 6 = 0 Punkte). Within the Latein exam, the translation and the Aufgabenteil are graded separately and combined in a 2:1 ratio (translation:Aufgabenteil). Under the OAPVO, the Gesamtqualifikation requires at least 200 of 600 possible Punkte in Block I (Qualifikationsphase Halbjahresergebnisse) and at least 100 of 300 possible Punkte in Block II (the Abiturprüfungen, each weighted four times), subject to further per-subject and per-Aufgabenfeld minimums. The 900-point maximum converts to the Abitur-Durchschnittsnote via the nationally shared KMK table; the landesweite Abiturdurchschnittsnote in 2025 was 2.37 at Gymnasien and 2.61 at Gemeinschaftsschulen.
  • Assessment: Official written Schleswig-Holstein Zentralabitur examination in Latein, one of the state's Kernfächer under the Profiloberstufe introduced in 2021/22. The same thematic Themenkorridor applies at erhöhtem and grundlegendem Anforderungsniveau; the two levels differ in text length, task complexity, and working time rather than subject matter. The exam has two parts: an Übersetzungsaufgabe (translating an original, previously unseen Latin passage) and an Aufgabenteil (grammar, interpretation, and metrics where relevant), which are graded separately and combined in a 2:1 ratio favoring the translation. For the 2026 Abiturjahrgang the confirmed Themenkorridor is Thema 1, 'Redekunst als Waffe' (Cicero, Philippische Reden, Themenbereich II: Geschichte und Politik), and Thema 2, 'Keine Liebe ohne Leiden?' (Ovid, Properz, Tibull: Liebeselegien, Themenbereich I: Welterfahrung in poetischer Gestaltung). This 100-question bank is an English-language MCQ study adaptation only - it does not reproduce the German-language translation-and-interpretation format.
  • Time limit: 300 minutes at erhöhtem Anforderungsniveau and 240 minutes at grundlegendem Anforderungsniveau, per the MBWFK's guidance on Latein as a Kernfach. Permitted aids: a lateinisch-deutsches Schülerwörterbuch mit Formentabellen and a Rechtschreibwörterbuch. In the 2026 main session the written Kernfach-Fremdsprache exam (covering Latein alongside Englisch, Spanisch, Russisch, Dänisch, and Griechisch) is scheduled for Thursday, 30 April 2026, per the state's published Terminplan; mündliche Prüfungen run 15-26 June 2026.
  • Exam / certification fees: No exam fee for regularly enrolled school candidates; the Abitur is a state school examination administered by the MBWFK. Externenprüfungen (Nichtschülerprüfungen) follow separate school-administered arrangements, and no Latein-specific external fee is published in the sources reviewed. Official sources

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Schleswig-Holstein Abitur Latin: Suggested Study Strategy

1Read the confirmed 2026 Themenkorridor texts directly: Cicero's Philippische Reden (especially the Second and Fifth Philippics) and a representative selection of Ovid's, Propertius's, and Tibullus's love elegies, since 'Redekunst als Waffe' and 'Keine Liebe ohne Leiden?' anchor the whole exam year.
2Drill core translation-skill grammar until it is automatic: the ablative absolute, accusative-and-infinitive (indirect statement), purpose and result clauses, and the gerundive appear constantly in both Cicero's prose and the elegists' verse.
3Learn the elegiac genre's technical vocabulary - servitium amoris, militia amoris, recusatio, exclusus amator - since naming a convention precisely is exactly what the Aufgabenteil's interpretation tasks reward.
4Practice scanning the elegiac couplet (hexameter plus pentameter) and identifying the central diaeresis, since Metrik tasks are an explicit, recurring Aufgabenteil component whenever the set text is verse.
5Keep the Late Republican political background straight - Caesar's assassination, the hostis declaration, the Battle of Mutina, and the Second Triumvirate - since the Philippics only make sense against this unfolding crisis.
6Time your practice translations: the exam weights the Übersetzungsaufgabe twice as heavily as the Aufgabenteil, so most of your preparation time should go toward independent, unseen-passage translation rather than pre-memorized content.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the official Schleswig-Holstein Latein Zentralabitur exam multiple-choice?

No. The official written paper pairs an Übersetzungsaufgabe - translating a previously unseen original Latin passage by an author studied during the Qualifikationsphase into German - with an Aufgabenteil covering grammar, stylistic and content interpretation, and, for verse texts, meter. This bank is an English-language MCQ study adaptation for learning and checking the underlying content, vocabulary, and grammar, not a simulation of the official translation exam or a substitute for translation practice itself.

Why are the questions in English when the exam is in Latin and German?

This bank is a study aid for building factual, grammatical, and analytical command of the Fachanforderungen content in English. Latin quotations, author names, and technical terms - servitium amoris, ablative absolute, Themenkorridor, and so on - are preserved exactly as used in the curriculum and explained in English, so you can carry the vocabulary straight into German-language revision.

What is the 2026 Themenkorridor for Schleswig-Holstein's Latein Abitur?

The confirmed IQSH Themenkorridor for 2026 pairs Cicero's Philippische Reden, studied under 'Redekunst als Waffe' (Themenbereich II: Geschichte und Politik, focusing on rhetorical strategy and Cicero's language and style), with the Roman love elegies of Ovid, Propertius, and Tibullus, studied under 'Keine Liebe ohne Leiden?' (Themenbereich I: Welterfahrung in poetischer Gestaltung, focusing on the features of Roman love elegy and comparison with modern lyric poetry). Themenkorridore rotate by Abiturjahrgang, so always check the current Prüfungsregelungen for your own exam year.

How is the written Latein exam structured and graded?

The exam has two parts: an Übersetzungsaufgabe (translating an unseen original Latin text) and an Aufgabenteil (four to six tasks on grammar, interpretation, and metrics). The two parts are graded separately and then combined in a 2:1 ratio, with the translation carrying twice the weight of the Aufgabenteil, reflecting the exam's core emphasis on independent translation ability.

What is the difference between 'Latinum' and 'Großes Latinum'?

Students who continued Latin from an earlier stage of schooling (as a first, second, or third foreign language) are examined at the more demanding Großes-Latinum level, while students who began Latin only as a newly-started subject in the Oberstufe are examined at the Latinum level. Both qualifications are typically earned through successful completion of the relevant Latin coursework rather than a separate stand-alone exam.

How long is the written exam, and what aids are allowed?

Working time is 300 minutes at erhöhtem Anforderungsniveau and 240 minutes at grundlegendem Anforderungsniveau. Permitted aids are a lateinisch-deutsches Schülerwörterbuch mit Formentabellen and a Rechtschreibwörterbuch; exact scheduling and any updates are reissued annually via za.schleswig-holstein.de.

When is the exam held in 2026, and is there a fee?

Per the state's published Terminplan, the written Kernfach-Fremdsprache exam (covering Latein alongside Englisch, Spanisch, Russisch, Dänisch, and Griechisch) is expected on Thursday, 30 April 2026, with mündliche Prüfungen running 15-26 June 2026. There is no exam fee for regularly enrolled school candidates; the Abitur is a state school examination in Schleswig-Holstein.