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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, The Cures for Love : Chapter 1, The Cures for Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Amores 2:19, what does Ovid wish for in the end of Amores?
(a) A new lover.
(b) The affair with Corinna to go on forever.
(c) Corinna's husband to present more of a challenge.
(d) Corinna to separate from her husband so they could marry.

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

3. What are many of the instructions Ovid gives his lover in the fourth poem of Amores Book I?
(a) What to say to appear coy.
(b) How to hold off an interested man.
(c) Secret signals for them to communicate.
(d) What living independently means.

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

5. Which of the following does Ovid recommend women to do?
(a) Learn to play an instrument.
(b) Be able to quote poetry.
(c) All of the above.
(d) Be skilled at board games.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Ovid employ flattery to keep a lover?

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

3. How does Ovid feel about kissing and telling?

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

5. What does the dream interpreter say Ovid's dream means?

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