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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, The Amores : Chapter 3, Book 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What problem does Ovid have in Amores 2:10?
(a) He has two lovers and he cannot choose whom he prefers.
(b) He suspects Corinna is about to leave him.
(c) Corinna's husband suspects their affair.
(d) He is too tired to respond to his lovers advances.

2. How does Ovid's first marriage end?
(a) His father casts out his wife after catching her in an affair.
(b) He loses his wife and child in childbirth.
(c) Divorce after only a couple years.
(d) None of the above.

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

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

5. In Amores 2:18, what does Ovid claim to be unable to do?
(a) See anything bad in Corinna.
(b) Ever give his heart entirely.
(c) Eject Corinna.
(d) Love a woman other than Corinna.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Ovid's family live?

2. In Amores 2:5, what does Ovid witness his lover doing?

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

4. Which of the following best characterizes Ovid's lover in the fourth poem of Amores Book I?

5. In Amores 2:19, what does Ovid wish for in the end of Amores?

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