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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. When does Ovid employ flattery to keep a lover?
(a) Never, to keep her trying.
(b) All the time and the more the better.
(c) Rarely so it remains effective.
(d) Whenever possible, as long as it sounds sincere.

2. What advice does Ovid give about handling your lover's shortcomings?
(a) Bring them up to make her more grateful.
(b) Gentle management can improve them over time.
(c) None of the above.
(d) Do not criticize them. Instead, pretend that they do not exist.

3. What is the forte of the parrot that dies in Amores 2:6?
(a) Talking.
(b) Swinging upside down.
(c) His beautiful plumage.
(d) Catching nuts.

4. In Amores 3:3, what does Ovid say pretty girls should get away with?
(a) Coloring their hair as much as they want.
(b) Being in public with their lovers.
(c) Perjury.
(d) Dressing inappropriately.

5. Where is Ovid in Amores 3:13?
(a) On a boat off the shore.
(b) In the bed of a woman that he does not like.
(c) Traveling the countryside with Corinna.
(d) Juno's festival in Falerii.

Short Answer Questions

1. What history of sexuality does Ovid give to the theater?

2. In Amores 2:9, what does Ovid argue that he should quit?

3. Who does Ovid threaten with exposure if she denies him in Amores 2:8?

4. What time period does Ovid live in?

5. In Amores 2:10, how does Ovid say he would like to die?

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