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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. In Amores 2:17, what attribute of Corinna does Ovid say keeps him enslaved?
(a) Her beauty.
(b) Her passion for him.
(c) Her good heart.
(d) Her innocence.

2. In Amores 2:9, what does Ovid argue that he should quit?
(a) The field of love.
(b) Corinna.
(c) Smoking.
(d) Taking recklass risks.

3. In the third poem of Amores, what promise does Ovid make?
(a) To win the affection of the object of his desire.
(b) Fidelity and eternal devotion.
(c) Not to stop until he has bedded a certain influential married woman.
(d) To always be honest and spurn deceit.

4. Which of the following is NOT a position held by Ovid in Amores 3?
(a) We eternally chafe at restrictions and covet whatever's forbidden.
(b) I'm not the fool I was.
(c) It is my poetry and not me that deserves the beauties in my bed.
(d) Let me cling to my foolish illusions.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ovid say about seducing the maid of the lady you are after?

3. When does Ovid recommend regarding parties?

4. What does Ovid constantly get distracted by while in the arena?

5. What does Ovid NOT recommend doing with your hair to appear attractive to women?

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