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

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

3. What class is Ovid considered?
(a) First class or the elite.
(b) Second class.
(c) Fifth or the lowest class.
(d) Third class.

4. 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 nurtures his poetic talent on the side while studying for a lucrative career.
(c) He focuses all his attention on poetry.
(d) He has given up all hope of becoming a poet and does not think of it at all.

5. What argument does Ovid make for his case in Amores 1:10?
(a) If making love gives pleasure to both, why should she reap and he pay?
(b) All the above.
(c) Females of the animal kingdom do not fleece their males.
(d) His gifts are verses that immortalize beauty.

Short Answer Questions

1. In relation to politics, what is Ovid good at?

2. What does Ovid ask Corinna to do in Amores 3:14?

3. What does Ovid encourage at parties?

4. When does Ovid marry for the first time?

5. What does Ovid do after his first marriage ends?

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