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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, The Amores : Chapter 2, Book 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ovid do to defend his actions in Amores 1:7?
(a) Explains all lovers take risks.
(b) Cite instances of physical abuse in the gods.
(c) Explains love drives one to irrational actions.
(d) Criticise's his lover's attitude.

2. In Amores 2:4, what type of woman does Ovid express a preference for?
(a) Blondes.
(b) All of them.
(c) Smart ones.
(d) Demure ones.

3. What does Ovid object to and says cools his passion?
(a) His lover asking for gifts.
(b) His lover continuing relations with her husband.
(c) His lover wearing too much makeup.
(d) His lover taunting him.

4. Why does Corinna's hair fall out?
(a) Her husband pulls it out in anger.
(b) She stops eating to lose weight.
(c) She uses too many rinses to color it.
(d) She falls ill.

5. In Amores 2:10, how does Ovid say he would like to die?
(a) Murdered tragically by a jealous husband.
(b) By the hand of his beloved.
(c) Peacefully in bed.
(d) In a mid-coital act.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the fifth poem of Amores Book I, what time of day is it?

2. What are many of the instructions Ovid gives his lover in the fourth poem of Amores Book I?

3. What social trouble plagues the upper classes of Rome?

4. Which of the following best characterizes the leadership of the Roman Empire during Ovid's life?

5. What does Ovid define as his natural weapons in Amores 2:1?

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