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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ovid say made Corinna popular in Amores 3:12?
(a) Her husband's money.
(b) His poems.
(c) Her exquisite beauty.
(d) Her loose morals.

2. What is the horrible crime Ovid defines in Amores 2:2?
(a) Bringing adulterous affairs to light.
(b) Turning away a lover.
(c) Denying love.
(d) Embarrassing a woman.

3. What reason does Ovid give for his impotence in Amores 3:7?
(a) Stress.
(b) Expectations.
(c) Guilt.
(d) No reason.

4. After the attempted abortion, what is Corinna's immediate state?
(a) In danger for her life.
(b) Still pregnant.
(c) Remorseful and depressed.
(d) Relieved and exhausted.

5. In Amores 2:6, what does the parrot show little interest in?
(a) Attention.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Other birds.
(d) Food.

6. What does Ovid bid farewell to at the end of Amores book 3?
(a) Elegies of love.
(b) Corinna.
(c) Sweet moments of passion.
(d) Rome.

7. What advice does Ovid overhear a person giving Corinna in Amores 1:8?
(a) How to use love for financial advantage.
(b) How to make herself more attractive.
(c) How to end the relationship with Ovid.
(d) That she had better no entertain any other lovers.

8. What victory does Ovid celebrate in Amores 2:12?
(a) The publication of his poems.
(b) None of the above.
(c) Corinna in his arms.
(d) The return of his health.

9. What does Ovid constantly get distracted by while in the arena?
(a) Thoughts of Corinna.
(b) An incomplete verse he has left.
(c) The girl who accompanies him.
(d) Pretty women passing by.

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

11. What time period does Ovid live in?
(a) The 1500s.
(b) Around the time of Christ.
(c) During the reign of Julius Caesar.
(d) The second century.

12. What does Ovid do to defend his actions in Amores 1:7?
(a) Cite instances of physical abuse in the gods.
(b) Explains all lovers take risks.
(c) Criticise's his lover's attitude.
(d) Explains love drives one to irrational actions.

13. Which of the following is NOT a position held by Ovid in Amores 3?
(a) We eternally chafe at restrictions and covet whatever's forbidden.
(b) I'm not the fool I was.
(c) It is my poetry and not me that deserves the beauties in my bed.
(d) Let me cling to my foolish illusions.

14. What is one of the clear causes of Ovid's banishment from Rome?
(a) His speeches against the caesar.
(b) His affair with the Caesar's wife.
(c) His father's execution for treason.
(d) His scandalous and immoral poetry.

15. How does the competitor Ovid support do in the competition?
(a) He comes in last.
(b) He is disqualified for cheating.
(c) He makes it to final round, but does not win.
(d) He wins.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much focus does Ovid put on poetry when he finishes his education?

3. What do people say about Ovid's speeches?

4. What does Ovid ask Corinna to do in Amores 3:14?

5. Who is Ovid accused of having an affair with in Amores 2:7?

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