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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. In Amores 2:5, what does Ovid witness his lover doing?
(a) Making love to her husband.
(b) Saying bad things about him.
(c) Lying to avoid him.
(d) Having an affair with another man.

2. To whom is Ovid speaking in Amores 1:6 as he sits outside the door?
(a) His lover.
(b) The Porter.
(c) Himself.
(d) The gods.

3. What is the problem Ovid gives his lover instructions about in the fourth poem of Amores Book I?
(a) His lover is being courted by a powerful man.
(b) His lover is with her husband at a party.
(c) His lover wants to run away from her home with him.
(d) None of the above.

4. What does Ovid do after his first marriage ends?
(a) Travels.
(b) Finishes his education.
(c) Spends time with Macer.
(d) All the above.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Amores 2:6, what does the parrot show little interest in?

2. What happens that Ovid regrets instantly in Amores 1:7?

3. What problem does Ovid have in Amores 2:10?

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

5. What does Ovid compare resisting the powers of love to?

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