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

2. What happens that Ovid regrets instantly in Amores 1:7?
(a) He has just broken up with his lover.
(b) He has just been caught by his lover's husband.
(c) He has just said hurtful things to his lover.
(d) He has just physically attacked his lover.

3. How long does Ovid's family live?
(a) They all die young.
(b) They all live reasonably long lives.
(c) Ovid dies a young man before his talents have totally matured.
(d) Ovid lives longer than all of his children.

4. What does Ovid recommend as an effective way to rekindle the passion of a lover that has cooled?
(a) Remove yourself and wait for her to come to you.
(b) Alternate between flattering her and criticizing her.
(c) Give her a rival.
(d) Be constantly at her side.

5. Of what does Ovid dream in Amores 3:5?
(a) A parrot spouting his verses.
(b) The gods demanding more verse.
(c) Being desolate and alone in old age.
(d) A heifer and a bull on a lush hillside.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ovid feel about using witchcraft to cure love?

2. How does Ovid recommend using your misfortunes to cure love?

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

4. In Amores 2:6, what does the parrot show little interest in?

5. In Amores 2:18, what does Ovid claim to be unable to do?

(see the answer key)

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