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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. Which of the following is advice that Ovid gives?
(a) All of the above.
(b) Build an enduring mind.
(c) To be loved you must show yourself lovable.
(d) Keep clear of quarrels and recriminations.

2. What does Ovid encourage at parties?
(a) All of the above.
(b) Ambiguous phrases that make the girl feel they are for her.
(c) Befriending the girl's escort.
(d) Let the girl see passion in your eyes.

3. How does Ovid's first marriage end?
(a) His father casts out his wife after catching her in an affair.
(b) Divorce after only a couple years.
(c) He loses his wife and child in childbirth.
(d) None of the above.

4. In Amores 1:6, what activity is Ovid engaged in?
(a) Dressing for a social occasion.
(b) Entreating the gods to bring his lover to him.
(c) A nightime vigil outside his lovers door as he hopes to be let in.
(d) Begging his lover to let him come to her.

5. What does the dream interpreter say Ovid's dream means?
(a) That he should focus on his writing.
(b) That he is a puppet of the gods.
(c) That his lover will soon leave him.
(d) That he mocks love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of physique does Ovid say that men consumed by love have?

2. What does Ovid often happens with feigned passion?

3. What argument does Ovid make for his case in Amores 1:10?

4. Which of the following best characterizes the content of The Art of Love book 2?

5. What keeps Ovid and Corinna apart in Amores 3:10?

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