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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best characterizes Ovid's motivation for his manual on how to subdue love?

2. Which of the following Adages does Ovid agree with in The Art of Love?

3. What trait does Ovid teach as important in the winning of the girl of one's choice?

4. Which of the following best represents Ovid's recommendations for makeup?

5. How does Ovid feel about using witchcraft to cure love?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Ovid's advice regarding how much to drink at parties?

2. What advice does Ovid give women regarding hair?

3. According to Ovid in The Art of Love book 2, what difference is there between being a wealthy lover and a poor one?

4. Does Ovid recommend picturing the person you are trying to get over with a new love? Why or why not?

5. Are Daedalus and his son successful in their flight? What happens?

6. What does Ovid say about time apart in a relationship?

7. What activity does Ovid say is guaranteed to "let Cupid in" when he is not wanted? What does he recommend as an alternative?

8. What does Ovid recommend your behavior be like towards a lover you are trying to get over?

9. Does Ovid recommend seclusion as a cure for love? What does he say on the subject?

10. What advice does Ovid give regarding the maids and servants of a lover?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After the Cures For Love, there is a fragment of the text that remains from his poem On Facial Treatment for Ladies. This fragment gives us a glimpse into what makeup and its applications might have been like two thousand years ago in Rome. Further this text with some research on the side and discuss the history and changes of makeup over time.

Part 1. Summarize and explain the information in On Facial Treatment for Ladies and other sources you have used.

Part 2. What would it have been like to use cosmetics as they were then?

Part 3. How have cosmetics changed over time to become how they are today? How is the experience of the user different?

Essay Topic 2

There are many social mores regarding sexuality that from Rome in Ovid's time that are similar to those in America in the 1960's. Discuss those social mores.

Part 1. What part of the social mores of the two eras are worthy of comparison?

Part 2. How are they similar? How are they different?

Part 3. Has there been any "progress" or "evolution" since Rome in 2 AD or are we essentially the same?

Essay Topic 3

Unlike many other famous pieces of literature, it is the approach to Ovid's work and its format, and not just its content, that offers enduring value and interest. Discuss the concept of creating artistic value of commonplace experiences.

Part 1. What is the difference between approach and content to create a final written product of enduring value?

Part 2. What examples of literature or other writing famous for its approach have been found throughout history? What are illuminated manuscripts?

Part 3. What inherent value do you see this as having? Would you adopt it to make your own commonplace experience extraordinary? If so, what approach would you use?

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