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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. According to Ovid, what happens when people resist the powers of love?
(a) A much more thorough "going-over" than those who admit they are hooked.
(b) Isolation and denial.
(c) Drowning in the sea.
(d) A life on land instead of in the skies.

2. What social trouble plagues the upper classes of Rome?
(a) Politics are seeped with treason.
(b) No one wants to lead or govern.
(c) Adultery has grown to outrageous proportions.
(d) Religiosity is at an all time low.

3. What time period does Ovid live in?
(a) The 1500s.
(b) The second century.
(c) Around the time of Christ.
(d) During the reign of Julius Caesar.

4. What does Ovid notice has changed in his lover when he kisses her in Amores 2:5?
(a) The way her hair smells.
(b) How passionate her kisses are.
(c) Her technique of kissing.
(d) How her clothes are laced up.

5. Who is Macer?
(a) The wealthy merchant that sent him to school.
(b) Ovid's school fellow.
(c) Ovid's master of education.
(d) Ovid's father.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When Augustus's daughter Julia reaches adulthood, what does she gain notoriety for?

4. Why does Corinna's hair fall out?

5. When does Ovid marry for the first time?

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