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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Amores 2:17, what attribute of Corinna does Ovid say keeps him enslaved?
(a) Her passion for him.
(b) Her good heart.
(c) Her beauty.
(d) Her innocence.

2. Who does the poet overhear speaking with Corinna in Amores 1:8?
(a) Another man who wants to be her lover.
(b) Corinna's husband.
(c) Corinna's maid.
(d) Dipsas the witch.

3. In Amores 2:10, how does Ovid say he would like to die?
(a) By the hand of his beloved.
(b) In a mid-coital act.
(c) Peacefully in bed.
(d) Murdered tragically by a jealous husband.

4. What is Ovid hoping will happen as he waits outside the door in Amores 1:6?
(a) The doorbolt to slide free.
(b) Corinna to come home.
(c) Corinna to answer him.
(d) Corinna's husband to leave.

5. What do people say about Ovid's speeches?
(a) They increase patriotism.
(b) His poetic ability is clear in them.
(c) They can bring peace between warring nations.
(d) They motivate the masses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are many of the instructions Ovid gives his lover in the fourth poem of Amores Book I?

2. What better part of himself does Ovid refer to in Amores 1:15?

3. In Amores 2:14, what practice does Ovid say could cause mankind to be extinct?

4. What argument does Ovid make for his case in Amores 1:10?

5. According to Ovid, what happens when people resist the powers of love?

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