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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. In Amores 2:19, what does Ovid wish for in the end of Amores?
(a) Corinna's husband to present more of a challenge.
(b) A new lover.
(c) The affair with Corinna to go on forever.
(d) Corinna to separate from her husband so they could marry.

2. What does Ovid do to defend his actions in Amores 1:7?
(a) Explains all lovers take risks.
(b) Explains love drives one to irrational actions.
(c) Criticise's his lover's attitude.
(d) Cite instances of physical abuse in the gods.

3. Whose baby does Ovid suppose Corinna is carrying when she tries to get an abortion?
(a) Ovid's.
(b) He doesn't know.
(c) Her other lover's.
(d) Her husband's.

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

5. What is the problem Ovid gives his lover instructions about in the fourth poem of Amores Book I?
(a) None of the above.
(b) His lover is with her husband at a party.
(c) His lover wants to run away from her home with him.
(d) His lover is being courted by a powerful man.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Ovid's first marriage end?

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

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

5. What advice does Ovid overhear a person giving Corinna in Amores 1:8?

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