Jessica Cruickshank could be forgiven for making mistakes in the ancient history HSC Exam - it's not easy retelling a story that happened 1955 years ago.
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The St Mary's College student was caught unaware during the exam when she had to answer a question concerning the public image of Roman empress Agrippina the Younger.
"It was a question that came from the end of the syllabus and it was from an area I hadn't done enough study on," she said.
The 18-year-old felt confident in the rest of the exam, especially in the ancient society section.
"The question was about women in Sparta, which was interesting because women had a prominent role, unusual to the rest of ancient history," she said.
Jessica hopes to study something a bit more modern at university.
"I want to do a degree in medicine and health science, I'd like to study bionics," she said, with the University of Wollongong her first preference.
