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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, The Amores : Chapter 1, Book 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom is Ovid speaking in Amores 1:6 as he sits outside the door?
(a) His lover.
(b) Himself.
(c) The gods.
(d) The Porter.

2. Why does Corinna's hair fall out?
(a) Her husband pulls it out in anger.
(b) She falls ill.
(c) She uses too many rinses to color it.
(d) She stops eating to lose weight.

3. How many times does Ovid marry?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

4. Which of the following best characterizes the leadership of the Roman Empire during Ovid's life?
(a) They are the strongest men in the country.
(b) They are from Gaul.
(c) They combine political and military leadership.
(d) They are wealthy merchants able to buy their way into power.

5. Which of the following best characterizes Ovid's lover in the fourth poem of Amores Book I?
(a) An impassioned naive girl.
(b) Already a willing accomplice.
(c) A brazen woman with no regard for the opinion of those around her.
(d) A chaste woman resisting her feelings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following can best be said about Ovid?

2. Why is Ovid's father against Ovid becoming a poet?

3. In the fifth poem of Amores Book I, what time of day is it?

4. What does Ovid object to and says cools his passion?

5. What social trouble plagues the upper classes of Rome?

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