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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In relation to politics, what is Ovid good at?
(a) Negotiation.
(b) Making people trust him.
(c) Giving speeches.
(d) Writing treaties.

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

3. What does Ovid define as his natural weapons in Amores 2:1?
(a) Expressions and entreaties.
(b) Poetry and soft words.
(c) Threats and entreaties.
(d) Looks and prowess.

4. In Amores 2:6, what does the parrot show little interest in?
(a) Other birds.
(b) Food.
(c) Attention.
(d) Freedom.

5. What time period does Ovid live in?
(a) The 1500s.
(b) Around the time of Christ.
(c) During the reign of Julius Caesar.
(d) The second century.

6. Why does Ovid berate the writing tablet in Amores 1:12?
(a) Corinna returns it to him, saying she cannot meet him today.
(b) His chalk verses are rubbed off.
(c) It is not big enough to hold everything he wants to say.
(d) None of the above.

7. What does Ovid say that soldiers have that he does not?
(a) A mean streak.
(b) An attractive physique.
(c) Money.
(d) A selfish ego.

8. How many times does Ovid marry?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

9. What is Ovid tempted to do when good men die untimely deaths?
(a) See the execution of bad men.
(b) Weep for the injustice of the world.
(c) Deny that the gods exist.
(d) Make them immortal in his verses.

10. What is the forte of the parrot that dies in Amores 2:6?
(a) Talking.
(b) His beautiful plumage.
(c) Swinging upside down.
(d) Catching nuts.

11. What problem does Ovid have in Amores 2:10?
(a) Corinna's husband suspects their affair.
(b) He has two lovers and he cannot choose whom he prefers.
(c) He is too tired to respond to his lovers advances.
(d) He suspects Corinna is about to leave him.

12. Which of the following best characterizes the leadership of the Roman Empire during Ovid's life?
(a) They are wealthy merchants able to buy their way into power.
(b) They are from Gaul.
(c) They are the strongest men in the country.
(d) They combine political and military leadership.

13. In Amores 2:18, what does Ovid claim to be unable to do?
(a) Love a woman other than Corinna.
(b) See anything bad in Corinna.
(c) Ever give his heart entirely.
(d) Eject Corinna.

14. What advice does Ovid overhear a person giving Corinna in Amores 1:8?
(a) How to end the relationship with Ovid.
(b) How to use love for financial advantage.
(c) How to make herself more attractive.
(d) That she had better no entertain any other lovers.

15. What career does Ovid's education meant to prepare him for?
(a) Ovid studies the classics so he could be a writer.
(b) Ovid studies business and trade so he could take over his father's empire.
(c) Ovid's education is in law so he could be a statesman.
(d) Ovid studies medicine to be a doctor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Amores 2:19, what does Ovid wish for in the end of Amores?

3. What is Ovid angry at in Amores 3:6?

4. Which of the following best characterizes Ovid's poetry?

5. Of what does Ovid dream in Amores 3:5?

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