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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, The Art of Love : Chapter 1, Book 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What argument does Ovid make for his case in Amores 1:10?
(a) Females of the animal kingdom do not fleece their males.
(b) If making love gives pleasure to both, why should she reap and he pay?
(c) All the above.
(d) His gifts are verses that immortalize beauty.

2. Which of the following is NOT a position held by Ovid in Amores 3?
(a) It is my poetry and not me that deserves the beauties in my bed.
(b) We eternally chafe at restrictions and covet whatever's forbidden.
(c) Let me cling to my foolish illusions.
(d) I'm not the fool I was.

3. What advice does Ovid overhear a person giving Corinna in Amores 1:8?
(a) How to make herself more attractive.
(b) That she had better no entertain any other lovers.
(c) How to use love for financial advantage.
(d) How to end the relationship with Ovid.

4. After the theater, where does Ovid recommend looking for a mistress?
(a) At political forums.
(b) At the market.
(c) At the races.
(d) At family functions.

5. What doe Ovid recommend doing if a girl asks you a question about a float in a parade and you do not know the answer?
(a) Make something up.
(b) Tell her you will find out for her.
(c) Pretend you did not hear her.
(d) Tell her you do not know.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ovid compare in Amores 1:9?

3. Where is Ovid in Amores 3:13?

4. When does Ovid say is an appropriate time to make a definitive bold move on a girl?

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

(see the answer key)

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