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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Ovid telling to turn a blind eye about the affairs of his lover in Amores 2:2?
(a) The other affair of a married woman.
(b) The high priest.
(c) Venus.
(d) Her husband.

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

3. What class is Ovid considered?
(a) Second class.
(b) Fifth or the lowest class.
(c) First class or the elite.
(d) Third class.

4. What does Ovid say about Nape who is Corinna's handmaid?
(a) She is a great go-between.
(b) She is easy to deceive.
(c) She meddles in affairs that are not hers.
(d) She has alterior motives.

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

6. How long does Ovid's family live?
(a) They all die young.
(b) Ovid dies a young man before his talents have totally matured.
(c) Ovid lives longer than all of his children.
(d) They all live reasonably long lives.

7. What do people say about Ovid's speeches?
(a) They increase patriotism.
(b) His poetic ability is clear in them.
(c) They can bring peace between warring nations.
(d) They motivate the masses.

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

9. To whom is Ovid speaking in Amores 1:6 as he sits outside the door?
(a) Himself.
(b) The Porter.
(c) The gods.
(d) His lover.

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

11. Of what does Ovid dream in Amores 3:5?
(a) The gods demanding more verse.
(b) A parrot spouting his verses.
(c) A heifer and a bull on a lush hillside.
(d) Being desolate and alone in old age.

12. What social trouble plagues the upper classes of Rome?
(a) Politics are seeped with treason.
(b) No one wants to lead or govern.
(c) Adultery has grown to outrageous proportions.
(d) Religiosity is at an all time low.

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

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

15. What does Ovid compare in Amores 1:9?
(a) Lovers and soldiers.
(b) Lovers and politicians.
(c) Lovers and spouses.
(d) Lovers and whores.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Corinna with in Amores 3:8 that Ovid finds especially hurtful?

2. Which of the following best characterizes the leadership of the Roman Empire during Ovid's life?

3. What does Ovid say made Corinna popular in Amores 3:12?

4. What does the dream interpreter say Ovid's dream means?

5. In Amores 2:5, what does Ovid witness his lover doing?

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