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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. Why does Ovid berate the writing tablet in Amores 1:12?
(a) His chalk verses are rubbed off.
(b) It is not big enough to hold everything he wants to say.
(c) None of the above.
(d) Corinna returns it to him, saying she cannot meet him today.

2. What does Ovid say that soldiers have that he does not?
(a) Money.
(b) A mean streak.
(c) An attractive physique.
(d) A selfish ego.

3. What does Ovid say made Corinna popular in Amores 3:12?
(a) Her husband's money.
(b) His poems.
(c) Her exquisite beauty.
(d) Her loose morals.

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

5. What does Ovid compare resisting the powers of love to?
(a) A horse resisting its harness.
(b) A hermit closing his eyes to the world.
(c) A bird deciding not to fly.
(d) Fighting back the tide.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ovid NOT recommend doing with your hair to appear attractive to women?

2. What does Ovid object to and says cools his passion?

3. What advice does Ovid give about handling your lover's shortcomings?

4. What does Ovid compare in Amores 1:9?

5. What does Ovid define as his natural weapons in Amores 2:1?

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