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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. Who is Ovid trying to persuade to stay away in Amores 1:13?
(a) Corinna's husband.
(b) His father from visiting.
(c) Aurora, the dawn.
(d) Cupid.

2. What does Ovid compare in Amores 1:9?
(a) Lovers and politicians.
(b) Lovers and spouses.
(c) Lovers and whores.
(d) Lovers and soldiers.

3. What is the implied reason that Ovid does not have a military career?
(a) There is a medical reason he was unable to serve.
(b) His father is wealthy enough to buy him out of the duty.
(c) Ovid did not want to become a soldier.
(d) He is too ambitious politically.

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

5. Which of the following is NOT a position held by Ovid in Amores 3?
(a) I'm not the fool I was.
(b) It is my poetry and not me that deserves the beauties in my bed.
(c) Let me cling to my foolish illusions.
(d) We eternally chafe at restrictions and covet whatever's forbidden.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Ovid in Amores 3:13?

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

3. What reason does Ovid give for his impotence in Amores 3:7?

4. What does Ovid define as his natural weapons in Amores 2:1?

5. How does the competitor Ovid support do in the competition?

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