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

2. How does Ovid's first marriage end?
(a) None of the above.
(b) Divorce after only a couple years.
(c) He loses his wife and child in childbirth.
(d) His father casts out his wife after catching her in an affair.

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

4. What problem does Ovid have in Amores 2:10?
(a) He has two lovers and he cannot choose whom he prefers.
(b) He suspects Corinna is about to leave him.
(c) He is too tired to respond to his lovers advances.
(d) Corinna's husband suspects their affair.

5. What time period does Ovid live in?
(a) During the reign of Julius Caesar.
(b) Around the time of Christ.
(c) The 1500s.
(d) The second century.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following best describes the nature of The Art of Love Book 1?

4. In relation to politics, what is Ovid good at?

5. Who is Ovid telling to turn a blind eye about the affairs of his lover in Amores 2:2?

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