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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, The Amores : Chapter 3, Book 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ovid object to and says cools his passion?
(a) His lover taunting him.
(b) His lover continuing relations with her husband.
(c) His lover asking for gifts.
(d) His lover wearing too much makeup.

2. Who does Ovid threaten with exposure if she denies him in Amores 2:8?
(a) Corinna's best friend.
(b) Corinna.
(c) Corinna's lady maid, Cypassis.
(d) Caesar's daughter.

3. What career does Ovid's education meant to prepare him for?
(a) Ovid studies business and trade so he could take over his father's empire.
(b) Ovid's education is in law so he could be a statesman.
(c) Ovid studies the classics so he could be a writer.
(d) Ovid studies medicine to be a doctor.

4. In Amores 2:9, what does Ovid argue that he should quit?
(a) Corinna.
(b) The field of love.
(c) Smoking.
(d) Taking recklass risks.

5. What does Ovid define as his natural weapons in Amores 2:1?
(a) Looks and prowess.
(b) Threats and entreaties.
(c) Poetry and soft words.
(d) Expressions and entreaties.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Amores 2:3, who is Ovid trying to convince to help him as a go-between?

2. In Amores 2:17, what attribute of Corinna does Ovid say keeps him enslaved?

3. How does the competitor Ovid support do in the competition?

4. What spectacle does Ovid watch in Amores 3:2?

5. In Amores 2:11, who is traveling?

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