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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, The Art of Love : Chapter 3, Book 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ovid claim to find the most pleasure?
(a) When a woman is inexperienced and young.
(b) When a woman resists and it gets rough.
(c) When a woman knows her place and is focused on his pleasure.
(d) With a woman experiencing the same pleasure he is.

2. In the fifth poem of Amores Book I, what time of day is it?
(a) Late at night.
(b) Dawn.
(c) Siesta time.
(d) Late morning.

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

4. Which of the following best characterizes Ovid's lover in the fourth poem of Amores Book I?
(a) An impassioned naive girl.
(b) Already a willing accomplice.
(c) A brazen woman with no regard for the opinion of those around her.
(d) A chaste woman resisting her feelings.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a position held by Ovid in Amores 3?

2. Which of the following could be a quote from Amores 1:8?

3. Which of the following best summarizes a lot of Ovid's advice in The Art of Love book 3?

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

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

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