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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 arguing about Ovid in Amores 3:1?
(a) Elegy and Tragedy.
(b) Corinna and Lucinda.
(c) Elegy and Corinna.
(d) Fate and Duty.

2. If your love letters are met with rejection or resistance, what does Ovid recommend?
(a) Go by degrees and stages.
(b) Telling her that you hope she will read them some day.
(c) All of the above.
(d) Continue to write and deliver love letters.

3. How many times does Ovid marry?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

4. 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 end the relationship with Ovid.
(d) How to use love for financial advantage.

5. What does Ovid constantly get distracted by while in the arena?
(a) Thoughts of Corinna.
(b) An incomplete verse he has left.
(c) The girl who accompanies him.
(d) Pretty women passing by.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ovid say made Corinna popular in Amores 3:12?

2. Which of the following could be a quote from Amores 1:8?

3. What does Ovid say that soldiers have that he does not?

4. How much focus does Ovid put on poetry when he finishes his education?

5. What career does Ovid's education meant to prepare him for?

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