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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. In Amores 2:15, what item does Ovid wish he was?
(a) The sheets on Corinna's bed.
(b) Corinna's undergarments.
(c) A flower in Corinna's hair.
(d) A ring on Corinna's finger.

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

3. What keeps Ovid and Corinna apart in Amores 3:10?
(a) Corinna falls ill.
(b) They fight.
(c) The rites for Ceres' yearly festival.
(d) Her husband back from campaign.

4. If your love letters are met with rejection or resistance, what does Ovid recommend?
(a) Go by degrees and stages.
(b) Continue to write and deliver love letters.
(c) Telling her that you hope she will read them some day.
(d) All of the above.

5. In Amores 2:3, who is Ovid trying to convince to help him as a go-between?
(a) Corinna's best friend.
(b) A messenger boy of Corinna's household.
(c) Corinna's sister.
(d) A eunoch keeper.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Amores 2:4, what type of woman does Ovid express a preference for?

2. What does Ovid say about Nape who is Corinna's handmaid?

3. What does Ovid suggest in important in keeping a lover?

4. Which member of the arguing pair squabbling for his attention does Ovid choose?

5. Which of the following does Ovid claim his writing will now be about?

(see the answer key)

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