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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) One should avoid all such nasty tricks.
(d) They are an important tool to master.

2. What would happen if Daedalus or his son flew too high?
(a) The gods would become envious.
(b) They would become lost.
(c) They would faint from lack of air.
(d) Their wax wings would be softened by the sun and break.

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

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

5. Why did Daedalus make wings for himself and his son?
(a) Because he wanted to be closer to the gods.
(b) Because air was the only escape from Minos.
(c) Because they had to cross impassable mountains.
(d) Because he envied the flight of birds.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Which of the following best characterizes Ovid's lover in the fourth poem of Amores Book I?

5. What kind of gifts does Ovid say you should give to keep your lover?

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