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

2. In Amores 2:11, who is traveling?
(a) Ovid's father.
(b) Corinna's husband.
(c) Corinna.
(d) Ovid.

3. What story does Ovid tell in Amores 3:6 in hopes of winning sympathy?
(a) The story of a river that fell in love.
(b) The death of Tibullus.
(c) The story of Achilles.
(d) The story of the Caesar's own marriage.

4. What does Ovid say about Nape who is Corinna's handmaid?
(a) She is a great go-between.
(b) She has alterior motives.
(c) She meddles in affairs that are not hers.
(d) She is easy to deceive.

5. How much focus does Ovid put on poetry when he finishes his education?
(a) He continues to study it diligently even though he does not think he would ever use it.
(b) He has given up all hope of becoming a poet and does not think of it at all.
(c) He nurtures his poetic talent on the side while studying for a lucrative career.
(d) He focuses all his attention on poetry.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is Ovid speaking in Amores 1:6 as he sits outside the door?

2. What better part of himself does Ovid refer to in Amores 1:15?

3. Where is Ovid in Amores 3:13?

4. What does the dream interpreter say Ovid's dream means?

5. Of what does Ovid dream in Amores 3:5?

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