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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 is the horrible crime Ovid defines in Amores 2:2?
(a) Embarrassing a woman.
(b) Turning away a lover.
(c) Bringing adulterous affairs to light.
(d) Denying love.

2. What class is Ovid considered?
(a) Fifth or the lowest class.
(b) First class or the elite.
(c) Third class.
(d) Second class.

3. What are many of the instructions Ovid gives his lover in the fourth poem of Amores Book I?
(a) Secret signals for them to communicate.
(b) What to say to appear coy.
(c) How to hold off an interested man.
(d) What living independently means.

4. What keeps Ovid from writing the epic poem about warfare he sets out to write?
(a) It is the topic of caesars and leaders, and he is but a man.
(b) Cupid shoots him with an arrow.
(c) He must write something the people of Rome want to read.
(d) He feels the topic too lofty for his verse.

5. Who is Ovid trying to persuade to stay away in Amores 1:13?
(a) Cupid.
(b) Aurora, the dawn.
(c) His father from visiting.
(d) Corinna's husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Amores 2:5, what does Ovid witness his lover doing?

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

3. In Amores 1:6, what activity is Ovid engaged in?

4. In the third poem of Amores, what promise does Ovid make?

5. What does Ovid do to defend his actions in Amores 1:7?

(see the answer key)

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