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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. How long does Ovid's family live?
(a) Ovid lives longer than all of his children.
(b) They all live reasonably long lives.
(c) They all die young.
(d) Ovid dies a young man before his talents have totally matured.

2. What argument does Ovid make for his case in Amores 1:10?
(a) His gifts are verses that immortalize beauty.
(b) If making love gives pleasure to both, why should she reap and he pay?
(c) Females of the animal kingdom do not fleece their males.
(d) All the above.

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

4. Where is Ovid born?
(a) In Greece.
(b) In the southern part of France.
(c) Outside the city of Rome.
(d) In Rome.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Ovid's father against Ovid becoming a poet?

3. What do people say about Ovid's speeches?

4. Who is Macer?

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

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