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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, The Amores : Chapter 2, Book 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Amores 2:6, what does the parrot show little interest in?
(a) Attention.
(b) Other birds.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Food.

3. Who does Ovid threaten with exposure if she denies him in Amores 2:8?
(a) Corinna.
(b) Corinna's best friend.
(c) Corinna's lady maid, Cypassis.
(d) Caesar's daughter.

4. In Amores 2:4, what type of woman does Ovid express a preference for?
(a) Demure ones.
(b) Smart ones.
(c) Blondes.
(d) All of them.

5. To whom is Ovid speaking in Amores 1:6 as he sits outside the door?
(a) His lover.
(b) Himself.
(c) The gods.
(d) The Porter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the problem Ovid gives his lover instructions about in the fourth poem of Amores Book I?

2. Why does Corinna's hair fall out?

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

4. In Amores 2:9, what does Ovid argue that he should quit?

5. What victory does Ovid celebrate in Amores 2:12?

(see the answer key)

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