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

2. According to Ovid, what happens when people resist the powers of love?
(a) A life on land instead of in the skies.
(b) A much more thorough "going-over" than those who admit they are hooked.
(c) Isolation and denial.
(d) Drowning in the sea.

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

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

5. In Amores 2:9, what does Ovid argue that he should quit?
(a) Taking recklass risks.
(b) Smoking.
(c) The field of love.
(d) Corinna.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ovid telling to turn a blind eye about the affairs of his lover in Amores 2:2?

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

3. In Amores 2:18, what does Ovid claim to be unable to do?

4. What does Ovid's wife do when he is banished?

5. In Amores 2:6, what does the parrot show little interest in?

(see the answer key)

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