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

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

3. Which of the following Adages does Ovid agree with in The Art of Love?
(a) None of the above.
(b) Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
(c) Out of sight, out of mind.
(d) Birds of a feather flock together.

4. 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) Explains love drives one to irrational actions.
(d) Criticise's his lover's attitude.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ovid say that soldiers have that he does not?

2. What advice does Ovid overhear a person giving Corinna in Amores 1:8?

3. In the third poem of Amores, what promise does Ovid make?

4. What is Ovid tempted to do when good men die untimely deaths?

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

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