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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 is Ovid's number one rule for getting over a love affair?
(a) Act happy.
(b) No leisure.
(c) Divert yourself with new love.
(d) No alcohol.

2. Which of the following can best be said about Ovid?
(a) He never will have had a satisfactory political career.
(b) His success is due soley to his family's wealth.
(c) He enjoys some time with the reputation of being a good statesman and excellent poet.
(d) Poetry is they only thing he was admired for.

3. Who is arguing about Ovid in Amores 3:1?
(a) Corinna and Lucinda.
(b) Elegy and Tragedy.
(c) Fate and Duty.
(d) Elegy and Corinna.

4. What sort of physique does Ovid say that men consumed by love have?
(a) Fit and hard.
(b) Sickly and tremelous.
(c) Soft and friendly.
(d) Thin and haggard.

5. Which of the following best summarizes a lot of Ovid's advice in The Art of Love book 3?
(a) Know yourself and make the most of how you are.
(b) Men are simple and easily controlled.
(c) Love is a game to be played.
(d) Make use of youth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the forte of the parrot that dies in Amores 2:6?

2. What does Ovid say about keeping a lover once you have won her?

3. What happens that Ovid regrets instantly in Amores 1:7?

4. Which of the following does Ovid recommend to help get over love?

5. What advice does Ovid give involving your rivals in love?

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