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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. Who is Corinna with in Amores 3:8 that Ovid finds especially hurtful?
(a) Another poet.
(b) A new very handsome lover.
(c) A soldier.
(d) Her husband.

2. What better part of himself does Ovid refer to in Amores 1:15?
(a) His poetry.
(b) His lover.
(c) His love.
(d) His daughter.

3. What does Ovid compare in Amores 1:9?
(a) Lovers and politicians.
(b) Lovers and whores.
(c) Lovers and soldiers.
(d) Lovers and spouses.

4. In Amores 2:17, what attribute of Corinna does Ovid say keeps him enslaved?
(a) Her good heart.
(b) Her innocence.
(c) Her passion for him.
(d) Her beauty.

5. In Amores 2:6, what does the parrot show little interest in?
(a) Attention.
(b) Other birds.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose baby does Ovid suppose Corinna is carrying when she tries to get an abortion?

2. What does Ovid say women are expert at?

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

4. In Amores 2:14, what practice does Ovid say could cause mankind to be extinct?

5. What does Ovid say will happen if you send your intended mistress a letter in sophisticated and high brow language?

(see the answer key)

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