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

2. What is Ovid hoping will happen as he waits outside the door in Amores 1:6?
(a) Corinna to answer him.
(b) The doorbolt to slide free.
(c) Corinna's husband to leave.
(d) Corinna to come home.

3. Which of the following best characterizes Ovid's lover in the fourth poem of Amores Book I?
(a) A chaste woman resisting her feelings.
(b) A brazen woman with no regard for the opinion of those around her.
(c) Already a willing accomplice.
(d) An impassioned naive girl.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens that Ovid regrets instantly in Amores 1:7?

2. Which of the following could be a quote from Amores 1:8?

3. In Amores 2:10, how does Ovid say he would like to die?

4. Who is Macer?

5. What better part of himself does Ovid refer to in Amores 1:15?

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