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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. What is one of the clear causes of Ovid's banishment from Rome?
(a) His affair with the Caesar's wife.
(b) His speeches against the caesar.
(c) His father's execution for treason.
(d) His scandalous and immoral poetry.

2. What time period does Ovid live in?
(a) During the reign of Julius Caesar.
(b) The 1500s.
(c) Around the time of Christ.
(d) The second century.

3. How many times does Ovid marry?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

4. What career does Ovid's education meant to prepare him for?
(a) Ovid studies medicine to be a doctor.
(b) Ovid studies the classics so he could be a writer.
(c) Ovid's education is in law so he could be a statesman.
(d) Ovid studies business and trade so he could take over his father's empire.

5. What does Ovid object to and says cools his passion?
(a) His lover asking for gifts.
(b) His lover continuing relations with her husband.
(c) His lover taunting him.
(d) His lover wearing too much makeup.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ovid's wife do when he is banished?

2. According to Ovid, what happens when people resist the powers of love?

3. What social trouble plagues the upper classes of Rome?

4. Who is Ovid trying to persuade to stay away in Amores 1:13?

5. Why does Ovid berate the writing tablet in Amores 1:12?

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