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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, The Art of Love : Chapter 1, Book 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens that Ovid regrets instantly in Amores 1:7?
(a) He has just been caught by his lover's husband.
(b) He has just said hurtful things to his lover.
(c) He has just broken up with his lover.
(d) He has just physically attacked his lover.

2. Why does Ovid berate the writing tablet in Amores 1:12?
(a) His chalk verses are rubbed off.
(b) None of the above.
(c) It is not big enough to hold everything he wants to say.
(d) Corinna returns it to him, saying she cannot meet him today.

3. In Amores 2:15, what item does Ovid wish he was?
(a) A flower in Corinna's hair.
(b) A ring on Corinna's finger.
(c) Corinna's undergarments.
(d) The sheets on Corinna's bed.

4. Which of the following does Ovid claim his writing will now be about?
(a) The joys of intimacy.
(b) How to take revenge on love.
(c) The ups and downs of passion.
(d) How to snare the girl of your choice.

5. In the fifth poem of Amores Book I, what time of day is it?
(a) Dawn.
(b) Late morning.
(c) Siesta time.
(d) Late at night.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following could be a quote from Amores 1:8?

2. In Amores 3:3, what does Ovid say pretty girls should get away with?

3. In Amores 2:5, what does Ovid witness his lover doing?

4. Which member of the arguing pair squabbling for his attention does Ovid choose?

5. In Amores 2:19, what does Ovid wish for in the end of Amores?

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