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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 victory does Ovid celebrate in Amores 2:12?
(a) None of the above.
(b) Corinna in his arms.
(c) The return of his health.
(d) The publication of his poems.

2. When Augustus's daughter Julia reaches adulthood, what does she gain notoriety for?
(a) Marrying the caesar who is her stepfather.
(b) Her ability as an orator.
(c) Promiscuity.
(d) Her subversive political nature.

3. Who does the poet overhear speaking with Corinna in Amores 1:8?
(a) Another man who wants to be her lover.
(b) Corinna's husband.
(c) Corinna's maid.
(d) Dipsas the witch.

4. What is one of the clear causes of Ovid's banishment from Rome?
(a) His affair with the Caesar's wife.
(b) His father's execution for treason.
(c) His speeches against the caesar.
(d) His scandalous and immoral poetry.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. To whom is Ovid speaking in Amores 1:6 as he sits outside the door?

4. What keeps Ovid from writing the epic poem about warfare he sets out to write?

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

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