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The Erotic Poems Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the fifth poem of Amores Book I, what time of day is it?
(a) Dawn.
(b) Late morning.
(c) Late at night.
(d) Siesta time.

2. What does Ovid do to defend his actions in Amores 1:7?
(a) Explains love drives one to irrational actions.
(b) Criticise's his lover's attitude.
(c) Explains all lovers take risks.
(d) Cite instances of physical abuse in the gods.

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

4. Which of the following best characterizes Ovid's poetry?
(a) Undercuts the regime in power.
(b) Is bucolic and pastoral.
(c) None of the above.
(d) Shows toleration for marital infidelity.

5. What reason does Ovid give for his impotence in Amores 3:7?
(a) No reason.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Expectations.
(d) Stress.

6. What is one of the clear causes of Ovid's banishment from Rome?
(a) His speeches against the caesar.
(b) His father's execution for treason.
(c) His scandalous and immoral poetry.
(d) His affair with the Caesar's wife.

7. What is the horrible crime Ovid defines in Amores 2:2?
(a) Embarrassing a woman.
(b) Bringing adulterous affairs to light.
(c) Turning away a lover.
(d) Denying love.

8. What advice is Ovid giving to men in Amores 3:4?
(a) To not object to or try to control adulterous wives.
(b) To go on long campaigns of war.
(c) To have mistresses.
(d) To never leave their wives side.

9. In Amores 2:11, who is traveling?
(a) Corinna.
(b) Ovid.
(c) Corinna's husband.
(d) Ovid's father.

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

11. Where is Ovid in Amores 3:13?
(a) Juno's festival in Falerii.
(b) Traveling the countryside with Corinna.
(c) On a boat off the shore.
(d) In the bed of a woman that he does not like.

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

13. Who does Ovid threaten with exposure if she denies him in Amores 2:8?
(a) Corinna.
(b) Corinna's lady maid, Cypassis.
(c) Caesar's daughter.
(d) Corinna's best friend.

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

15. What reasons doe his partner give for Ovid's impotence?
(a) Weakness or fear.
(b) A witches curse or the disfavor of the gods.
(c) A hex or he had just made love with someone else.
(d) Infidelity or inflated ego.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is Ovid speaking in Amores 1:6 as he sits outside the door?

2. Who is Macer?

3. What does Ovid object to and says cools his passion?

4. In Amores 2:4, what type of woman does Ovid express a preference for?

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

(see the answer keys)

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