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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. According to Ovid, what happens when people resist the powers of love?
(a) Drowning in the sea.
(b) A life on land instead of in the skies.
(c) Isolation and denial.
(d) A much more thorough "going-over" than those who admit they are hooked.

2. What is Ovid hoping will happen as he waits outside the door in Amores 1:6?
(a) Corinna to answer him.
(b) The doorbolt to slide free.
(c) Corinna to come home.
(d) Corinna's husband to leave.

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

4. How does Ovid feel about kissing and telling?
(a) Do not do it.
(b) It will bolster your reputation as a lover.
(c) Maintain a playful air about it.
(d) Always say good things about your lover and she will forgive you.

5. What keeps Ovid from writing the epic poem about warfare he sets out to write?
(a) He feels the topic too lofty for his verse.
(b) It is the topic of caesars and leaders, and he is but a man.
(c) He must write something the people of Rome want to read.
(d) Cupid shoots him with an arrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Amores 1:6, what activity is Ovid engaged in?

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

3. What does Ovid suggest in important in keeping a lover?

4. What story does Ovid tell in Amores 3:6 in hopes of winning sympathy?

5. In Amores 3:3, what does Ovid say pretty girls should get away with?

(see the answer key)

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