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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. What kind of gifts does Ovid say you should give to keep your lover?
(a) Whatever she asks for.
(b) The costlier gifts the better.
(c) Small gifts that are chosen with skill and discretion.
(d) No gifts should be given.

2. In Amores 2:14, what practice does Ovid say could cause mankind to be extinct?
(a) Birth control.
(b) Abstinence.
(c) None of the above.
(d) Abortion.

3. What keeps Ovid from writing the epic poem about warfare he sets out to write?
(a) It is the topic of caesars and leaders, and he is but a man.
(b) He feels the topic too lofty for his verse.
(c) He must write something the people of Rome want to read.
(d) Cupid shoots him with an arrow.

4. What reason does Ovid give for his impotence in Amores 3:7?
(a) No reason.
(b) Stress.
(c) Expectations.
(d) Guilt.

5. What does Ovid mean when he says, "You get the best vintage from well-cared for grapes?"
(a) Prioritzing a relationship above all else will make it last.
(b) Women should be attentive to their appearance.
(c) None of the above.
(d) By eating healthy and excercising, women will preserve themselves into old age.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing Ovid recommends that women in search of love to do?

2. Who is Augustus?

3. What does Ovid bid farewell to at the end of Amores book 3?

4. What story does Ovid tell in Amores 3:6 in hopes of winning sympathy?

5. In Amores 2:9, what does Ovid argue that he should quit?

(see the answer key)

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