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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 advice does Ovid give involving your rivals in love?
(a) Oil the door for them.
(b) Let yourself be cheated on.
(c) All of the above.
(d) Do not expose your rivals.

2. In Amores 2:14, what practice does Ovid say could cause mankind to be extinct?
(a) Abortion.
(b) None of the above.
(c) Abstinence.
(d) Birth control.

3. How does Ovid feel about drunkenness?
(a) Drunkeness is courage for the timid.
(b) Drunkeness turns your thoughts into action.
(c) It can harm you but feigning it can be useful.
(d) Nobody loves a drunk, so do not be one.

4. What kind of gifts does Ovid say you should give to keep your lover?
(a) The costlier gifts the better.
(b) Whatever she asks for.
(c) No gifts should be given.
(d) Small gifts that are chosen with skill and discretion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ovid say is true of love?

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

3. Which of the following best characterizes Ovid's lover in the fourth poem of Amores Book I?

4. What does Ovid say women are expert at?

5. Which of the following can best be said about Ovid?

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