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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. Which of the following can best be said about Ovid?
(a) He never will have had a satisfactory political career.
(b) He enjoys some time with the reputation of being a good statesman and excellent poet.
(c) His success is due soley to his family's wealth.
(d) Poetry is they only thing he was admired for.

2. Why does Ovid berate the writing tablet in Amores 1:12?
(a) Corinna returns it to him, saying she cannot meet him today.
(b) None of the above.
(c) It is not big enough to hold everything he wants to say.
(d) His chalk verses are rubbed off.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Ovid born?

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

3. What is the implied reason that Ovid does not have a military career?

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

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

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