View a FREE sample

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 does Ovid's first marriage end?
(a) His father casts out his wife after catching her in an affair.
(b) He loses his wife and child in childbirth.
(c) Divorce after only a couple years.
(d) None of the above.

2. What does Ovid compare in Amores 1:9?
(a) Lovers and spouses.
(b) Lovers and whores.
(c) Lovers and soldiers.
(d) Lovers and politicians.

3. How much focus does Ovid put on poetry when he finishes his education?
(a) He focuses all his attention on poetry.
(b) He continues to study it diligently even though he does not think he would ever use it.
(c) He nurtures his poetic talent on the side while studying for a lucrative career.
(d) He has given up all hope of becoming a poet and does not think of it at all.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What argument does Ovid make for his case in Amores 1:10?

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

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

4. When does Ovid marry for the first time?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 351 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample