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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 story does Ovid tell in Amores 3:6 in hopes of winning sympathy?
(a) The story of the Caesar's own marriage.
(b) The story of Achilles.
(c) The story of a river that fell in love.
(d) The death of Tibullus.

2. In Amores 3:11, Ovid claims, "Your morals turn me off, your body on." Which one does he say is likely to win out?
(a) His morals will her reform her.
(b) "Love" or her body.
(c) His morals will decline to match his lust.
(d) His distaste for her personality.

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

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

5. What does Ovid say that soldiers have that he does not?
(a) An attractive physique.
(b) A selfish ego.
(c) A mean streak.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What advice does Ovid give about handling your lover's shortcomings?

3. Who has died in Amores 3:9?

4. Which of the following is advice that Ovid gives?

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

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