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

2. In Amores 2:6, what does the parrot show little interest in?
(a) Food.
(b) Other birds.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Attention.

3. What does Ovid compare resisting the powers of love to?
(a) A hermit closing his eyes to the world.
(b) Fighting back the tide.
(c) A bird deciding not to fly.
(d) A horse resisting its harness.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following can best be said about Ovid?

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

3. Which of the following best characterizes Ovid's lover in the fourth poem of Amores Book I?

4. In Amores 9B, which of the following does Ovid prefer?

5. What is the implied reason that Ovid does not have a military career?

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