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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Ovid, what happens when people resist the powers of love?
(a) A much more thorough "going-over" than those who admit they are hooked.
(b) A life on land instead of in the skies.
(c) Isolation and denial.
(d) Drowning in the sea.

2. What is the problem Ovid gives his lover instructions about in the fourth poem of Amores Book I?
(a) His lover wants to run away from her home with him.
(b) None of the above.
(c) His lover is being courted by a powerful man.
(d) His lover is with her husband at a party.

3. What does Ovid do after his first marriage ends?
(a) All the above.
(b) Travels.
(c) Finishes his education.
(d) Spends time with Macer.

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

5. How much focus does Ovid put on poetry when he finishes his education?
(a) He has given up all hope of becoming a poet and does not think of it at all.
(b) He focuses all his attention on poetry.
(c) He nurtures his poetic talent on the side while studying for a lucrative career.
(d) He continues to study it diligently even though he does not think he would ever use it.

6. Who is Ovid accused of having an affair with in Amores 2:7?
(a) A young virgin.
(b) Corinna's best friend.
(c) Corinna's lady maid.
(d) Every woman he sees.

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

8. After the attempted abortion, what is Corinna's immediate state?
(a) Still pregnant.
(b) In danger for her life.
(c) Relieved and exhausted.
(d) Remorseful and depressed.

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

10. Which of the following best characterizes Ovid's lover in the fourth poem of Amores Book I?
(a) An impassioned naive girl.
(b) A brazen woman with no regard for the opinion of those around her.
(c) Already a willing accomplice.
(d) A chaste woman resisting her feelings.

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

12. In Amores 2:14, what practice does Ovid say could cause mankind to be extinct?
(a) Abstinence.
(b) Abortion.
(c) None of the above.
(d) Birth control.

13. When does Ovid marry for the first time?
(a) When he turns forty.
(b) As soon as he finishes his education.
(c) When he is only a teenager.
(d) When he is settled into his career.

14. Does Ovid have children?
(a) Yes, he had one daughter from his second marriage.
(b) Yes, he and his third wife had two children.
(c) Yes, he had eight children from his various marriages.
(d) He had several stepchildren.

15. What story does Ovid tell in Amores 3:6 in hopes of winning sympathy?
(a) The story of the Caesar's own marriage.
(b) The death of Tibullus.
(c) The story of a river that fell in love.
(d) The story of Achilles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ovid notice has changed in his lover when he kisses her in Amores 2:5?

2. What does Ovid ask Corinna to do in Amores 3:14?

3. What does Ovid compare in Amores 1:9?

4. What is the implied reason that Ovid does not have a military career?

5. What spectacle does Ovid watch in Amores 3:2?

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