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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Ovid compare resisting the powers of love to?
(a) A bird deciding not to fly.
(b) A hermit closing his eyes to the world.
(c) Fighting back the tide.
(d) A horse resisting its harness.

3. Which of the following is NOT a position held by Ovid in Amores 3?
(a) It is my poetry and not me that deserves the beauties in my bed.
(b) Let me cling to my foolish illusions.
(c) I'm not the fool I was.
(d) We eternally chafe at restrictions and covet whatever's forbidden.

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Corinna's hair fall out?
(a) Her husband pulls it out in anger.
(b) She falls ill.
(c) She stops eating to lose weight.
(d) She uses too many rinses to color it.

11. Why is Ovid's father against Ovid becoming a poet?
(a) Poetry is not a respected talent.
(b) Poets have a reputation as subversives.
(c) There is no money in it.
(d) He wants Ovid to take over the family business.

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

13. In the third poem of Amores, what promise does Ovid make?
(a) Not to stop until he has bedded a certain influential married woman.
(b) To win the affection of the object of his desire.
(c) To always be honest and spurn deceit.
(d) Fidelity and eternal devotion.

14. Who does the poet overhear speaking with Corinna in Amores 1:8?
(a) Corinna's husband.
(b) Corinna's maid.
(c) Another man who wants to be her lover.
(d) Dipsas the witch.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What argument does Ovid make for his case in Amores 1:10?

2. What better part of himself does Ovid refer to in Amores 1:15?

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

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

5. How does Ovid's first marriage end?

(see the answer keys)

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