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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. In Amores 9B, which of the following does Ovid prefer?
(a) To be dead.
(b) To be deceived by a mistress.
(c) To sleep peacefully every night.
(d) To be alone.

3. What does Ovid define as his natural weapons in Amores 2:1?
(a) Looks and prowess.
(b) Poetry and soft words.
(c) Expressions and entreaties.
(d) Threats and entreaties.

4. In Amores 2:3, who is Ovid trying to convince to help him as a go-between?
(a) Corinna's best friend.
(b) A eunoch keeper.
(c) Corinna's sister.
(d) A messenger boy of Corinna's household.

5. What better part of himself does Ovid refer to in Amores 1:15?
(a) His poetry.
(b) His lover.
(c) His daughter.
(d) His love.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the third poem of Amores, what promise does Ovid make?

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

3. In Amores 2:15, what item does Ovid wish he was?

4. In Amores 2:17, what attribute of Corinna does Ovid say keeps him enslaved?

5. What advice does Ovid overhear a person giving Corinna in Amores 1:8?

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