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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 spectacle does Ovid watch in Amores 3:2?
(a) The gods fighting for influence.
(b) Chariot races.
(c) The forum.
(d) Gladiators.

2. In Amores 2:11, who is traveling?
(a) Corinna's husband.
(b) Corinna.
(c) Ovid.
(d) Ovid's father.

3. Which of the following best characterizes the leadership of the Roman Empire during Ovid's life?
(a) They are wealthy merchants able to buy their way into power.
(b) They are the strongest men in the country.
(c) They are from Gaul.
(d) They combine political and military leadership.

4. What social trouble plagues the upper classes of Rome?
(a) Adultery has grown to outrageous proportions.
(b) Religiosity is at an all time low.
(c) Politics are seeped with treason.
(d) No one wants to lead or govern.

5. What is Ovid hoping will happen as he waits outside the door in Amores 1:6?
(a) Corinna to come home.
(b) Corinna to answer him.
(c) The doorbolt to slide free.
(d) Corinna's husband to leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ovid do after his first marriage ends?

2. Which of the following best characterizes Ovid's poetry?

3. What keeps Ovid and Corinna apart in Amores 3:10?

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

5. How does Ovid's first marriage end?

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