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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the dream interpreter say Ovid's dream means?
(a) That his lover will soon leave him.
(b) That he should focus on his writing.
(c) That he mocks love.
(d) That he is a puppet of the gods.

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

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

4. What is Ovid angry at in Amores 3:6?
(a) The gods.
(b) A small river barring his way to meet a lover.
(c) His muse.
(d) The institution of marriage.

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

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

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

8. What better part of himself does Ovid refer to in Amores 1:15?
(a) His love.
(b) His daughter.
(c) His lover.
(d) His poetry.

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

10. How does the competitor Ovid support do in the competition?
(a) He comes in last.
(b) He is disqualified for cheating.
(c) He wins.
(d) He makes it to final round, but does not win.

11. In Amores 2:19, what does Ovid wish for in the end of Amores?
(a) Corinna's husband to present more of a challenge.
(b) The affair with Corinna to go on forever.
(c) Corinna to separate from her husband so they could marry.
(d) A new lover.

12. What spectacle does Ovid watch in Amores 3:2?
(a) Gladiators.
(b) The gods fighting for influence.
(c) Chariot races.
(d) The forum.

13. What argument does Ovid make for his case in Amores 1:10?
(a) If making love gives pleasure to both, why should she reap and he pay?
(b) His gifts are verses that immortalize beauty.
(c) All the above.
(d) Females of the animal kingdom do not fleece their males.

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

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 story of Achilles.
(c) The story of a river that fell in love.
(d) The death of Tibullus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Amores 2:10, how does Ovid say he would like to die?

3. In Amores 9B, which of the following does Ovid prefer?

4. In Amores 2:15, what item does Ovid wish he was?

5. What advice does Ovid overhear a person giving Corinna in Amores 1:8?

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