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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 does Ovid's wife do when he is banished?
(a) Divorce him.
(b) Annul the marriage.
(c) Lobby for his return but stay in Rome.
(d) Accompany him in exile.

2. In the fifth poem of Amores Book I, what time of day is it?
(a) Dawn.
(b) Siesta time.
(c) Late morning.
(d) Late at night.

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

4. Who is Ovid trying to persuade to stay away in Amores 1:13?
(a) Cupid.
(b) His father from visiting.
(c) Corinna's husband.
(d) Aurora, the dawn.

5. Who does the poet overhear speaking with Corinna in Amores 1:8?
(a) Corinna's husband.
(b) Another man who wants to be her lover.
(c) Dipsas the witch.
(d) Corinna's maid.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Macer?

2. In the third poem of Amores, what promise does Ovid make?

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

4. What does Ovid do after his first marriage ends?

5. What class is Ovid considered?

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