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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Amores 2:17, what attribute of Corinna does Ovid say keeps him enslaved?
(a) Her passion for him.
(b) Her innocence.
(c) Her beauty.
(d) Her good heart.

2. What does Ovid ask Corinna to do in Amores 3:14?
(a) Be faithful.
(b) Sleep with him one last night.
(c) For her to be discreet and hide her other affairs from him.
(d) None of the above.

3. In Amores 2:4, what type of woman does Ovid express a preference for?
(a) Demure ones.
(b) All of them.
(c) Smart ones.
(d) Blondes.

4. Who is Macer?
(a) Ovid's father.
(b) The wealthy merchant that sent him to school.
(c) Ovid's school fellow.
(d) Ovid's master of education.

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

6. Who is Augustus?
(a) Ovid's great uncle.
(b) All of the above.
(c) Caesar of Rome.
(d) A man of immense wealth and influence.

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

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

9. What does Ovid bid farewell to at the end of Amores book 3?
(a) Elegies of love.
(b) Sweet moments of passion.
(c) Corinna.
(d) Rome.

10. 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) None of the above.
(d) It is not big enough to hold everything he wants to say.

11. What victory does Ovid celebrate in Amores 2:12?
(a) The publication of his poems.
(b) The return of his health.
(c) None of the above.
(d) Corinna in his arms.

12. In Amores 2:9, what does Ovid argue that he should quit?
(a) The field of love.
(b) Taking recklass risks.
(c) Smoking.
(d) Corinna.

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do people say about Ovid's speeches?

2. How long does Ovid's family live?

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

4. What keeps Ovid from writing the epic poem about warfare he sets out to write?

5. Which member of the arguing pair squabbling for his attention does Ovid choose?

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