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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, The Amores : Chapter 1, Book 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Corinna's hair fall out?
(a) She uses too many rinses to color it.
(b) She stops eating to lose weight.
(c) She falls ill.
(d) Her husband pulls it out in anger.

3. What are many of the instructions Ovid gives his lover in the fourth poem of Amores Book I?
(a) Secret signals for them to communicate.
(b) What living independently means.
(c) What to say to appear coy.
(d) How to hold off an interested man.

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

5. Why is Ovid's father against Ovid becoming a poet?
(a) There is no money in it.
(b) He wants Ovid to take over the family business.
(c) Poetry is not a respected talent.
(d) Poets have a reputation as subversives.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is Ovid speaking in Amores 1:6 as he sits outside the door?

2. Where is Ovid born?

3. What keeps Ovid from writing the epic poem about warfare he sets out to write?

4. What is one of the clear causes of Ovid's banishment from Rome?

5. In the fifth poem of Amores Book I, what time of day is it?

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