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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, The Art of Love : Chapter 3, Book 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following best characterizes Ovid's motivation for his manual on how to subdue love?
(a) Pity toward the unlucky in love.
(b) Subversiveness to morality.
(c) Generosity to mankind.
(d) Vengeance against love.

2. How does Ovid feel about drunkenness?
(a) Drunkeness is courage for the timid.
(b) Drunkeness turns your thoughts into action.
(c) It can harm you but feigning it can be useful.
(d) Nobody loves a drunk, so do not be one.

3. In Amores 2:15, what item does Ovid wish he was?
(a) A flower in Corinna's hair.
(b) A ring on Corinna's finger.
(c) Corinna's undergarments.
(d) The sheets on Corinna's bed.

4. Who is Augustus?
(a) Caesar of Rome.
(b) All of the above.
(c) A man of immense wealth and influence.
(d) Ovid's great uncle.

5. What reasons doe his partner give for Ovid's impotence?
(a) Weakness or fear.
(b) A witches curse or the disfavor of the gods.
(c) A hex or he had just made love with someone else.
(d) Infidelity or inflated ego.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ovid tell women about youth?

3. What does Ovid mean when he says, "You get the best vintage from well-cared for grapes?"

4. What is Ovid tempted to do when good men die untimely deaths?

5. What does Ovid object to and says cools his passion?

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