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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 does Ovid object to and says cools his passion?
(a) His lover wearing too much makeup.
(b) His lover continuing relations with her husband.
(c) His lover taunting him.
(d) His lover asking for gifts.

2. What does Ovid constantly get distracted by while in the arena?
(a) The girl who accompanies him.
(b) An incomplete verse he has left.
(c) Thoughts of Corinna.
(d) Pretty women passing by.

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

4. What spectacle does Ovid watch in Amores 3:2?
(a) Chariot races.
(b) The forum.
(c) The gods fighting for influence.
(d) Gladiators.

5. In Amores 2:10, how does Ovid say he would like to die?
(a) Murdered tragically by a jealous husband.
(b) Peacefully in bed.
(c) In a mid-coital act.
(d) By the hand of his beloved.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ovid compare resisting the powers of love to?

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

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

4. How does Ovid feel about deception to girls?

5. What better part of himself does Ovid refer to in Amores 1:15?

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