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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. When does Ovid marry for the first time?
(a) As soon as he finishes his education.
(b) When he is only a teenager.
(c) When he is settled into his career.
(d) When he turns forty.

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

3. In relation to politics, what is Ovid good at?
(a) Giving speeches.
(b) Negotiation.
(c) Making people trust him.
(d) Writing treaties.

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

5. What does Ovid compare resisting the powers of love to?
(a) A horse resisting its harness.
(b) A bird deciding not to fly.
(c) Fighting back the tide.
(d) A hermit closing his eyes to the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best characterizes the leadership of the Roman Empire during Ovid's life?

2. What career does Ovid's education meant to prepare him for?

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

4. What is the implied reason that Ovid does not have a military career?

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

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