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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following best describes the nature of The Art of Love Book 1?
(a) A collection of observations about love.
(b) A rancorous tirade of a bittered lover.
(c) A how-to manual about seducing women.
(d) Suggestions on how to find a soul mate.

3. What time period does Ovid live in?
(a) The second century.
(b) Around the time of Christ.
(c) During the reign of Julius Caesar.
(d) The 1500s.

4. What did Vulcan gain by catching Venus and Mars together and exposing them?
(a) It humiliates the lovers into fidelity.
(b) Nothing. It worsens his lot and he regrets it in the end.
(c) It separates the lovers but he also loses his wife.
(d) It overwhelms his wife with guilt and makes an enemy of Mars.

5. What does Ovid object to and says cools his passion?
(a) His lover wearing too much makeup.
(b) His lover continuing relations with her husband.
(c) His lover taunting him.
(d) His lover asking for gifts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ovid recommend that a person start his or her quest for love?

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

3. Whose baby does Ovid suppose Corinna is carrying when she tries to get an abortion?

4. What does Ovid bid farewell to at the end of Amores book 3?

5. Which of the following best characterizes Ovid's poetry?

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