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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 advice is Ovid giving to men in Amores 3:4?
(a) To not object to or try to control adulterous wives.
(b) To never leave their wives side.
(c) To go on long campaigns of war.
(d) To have mistresses.

2. When does Ovid marry for the first time?
(a) When he turns forty.
(b) As soon as he finishes his education.
(c) When he is only a teenager.
(d) When he is settled into his career.

3. What does Ovid say about Nape who is Corinna's handmaid?
(a) She is easy to deceive.
(b) She meddles in affairs that are not hers.
(c) She is a great go-between.
(d) She has alterior motives.

4. 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) By eating healthy and excercising, women will preserve themselves into old age.
(c) Women should be attentive to their appearance.
(d) None of the above.

5. When Augustus's daughter Julia reaches adulthood, what does she gain notoriety for?
(a) Her subversive political nature.
(b) Promiscuity.
(c) Marrying the caesar who is her stepfather.
(d) Her ability as an orator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ovid say about women wearing the expensive color purple?

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

3. In relation to politics, what is Ovid good at?

4. Which of the following is a statement that Ovid makes?

5. What kind of gifts does Ovid say you should give to keep your lover?

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