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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ovid feel about love charms and aphrodisiacs?
(a) They can be useful when used with caution.
(b) Some are beneficial, others useless.
(c) They are an important tool to master.
(d) One should avoid all such nasty tricks.

2. What keeps Ovid and Corinna apart in Amores 3:10?
(a) Corinna falls ill.
(b) They fight.
(c) The rites for Ceres' yearly festival.
(d) Her husband back from campaign.

3. What does Ovid say about keeping a lover once you have won her?
(a) It will take care of itself.
(b) It is as tricky as winning her.
(c) It is the hardest task of all.
(d) It is not important.

4. What advice does Ovid give about handling your lover's shortcomings?
(a) Gentle management can improve them over time.
(b) Bring them up to make her more grateful.
(c) Do not criticize them. Instead, pretend that they do not exist.
(d) None of the above.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What warning does Ovid give about practicing infidelity?

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

3. What reason does Ovid give for his impotence in Amores 3:7?

4. To whom is Ovid speaking in Amores 1:6 as he sits outside the door?

5. Which member of the arguing pair squabbling for his attention does Ovid choose?

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