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

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

3. What are many of the instructions Ovid gives his lover in the fourth poem of Amores Book I?
(a) What living independently means.
(b) Secret signals for them to communicate.
(c) How to hold off an interested man.
(d) What to say to appear coy.

4. What spectacle does Ovid watch in Amores 3:2?
(a) Chariot races.
(b) Gladiators.
(c) The gods fighting for influence.
(d) The forum.

5. What does Ovid suggest in important in keeping a lover?
(a) Maintaining dignity and pride.
(b) Catering to her whims.
(c) Having authority in the relationship.
(d) None of the above.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reasons doe his partner give for Ovid's impotence?

2. According to Ovid, what happens when people resist the powers of love?

3. Who appears to Ovid abruptly in the middle of The Art of Love book 2?

4. What advice is Ovid giving to men in Amores 3:4?

5. How does Ovid feel about kissing and telling?

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