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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ovid feel about deception to girls?
(a) There is no danger from the gods.
(b) They are cheats and so deserve to be cheated.
(c) They are just falling into traps they have set themselves.
(d) All of the above.

2. What does Ovid NOT recommend doing with your hair to appear attractive to women?
(a) Keep it expertly trimmed.
(b) Make sure it's not growing out your nose.
(c) None of the above.
(d) Curl it.

3. Which of the following best characterizes Ovid's motivation for his manual on how to subdue love?
(a) Subversiveness to morality.
(b) Pity toward the unlucky in love.
(c) Generosity to mankind.
(d) Vengeance against love.

4. What does Ovid suggest in important in keeping a lover?
(a) Having authority in the relationship.
(b) None of the above.
(c) Catering to her whims.
(d) Maintaining dignity and pride.

5. What does Ovid say about glum girls?
(a) They are a bore.
(b) They are approachable.
(c) They are mysterious.
(d) They appear easy targets.

6. When does Ovid recommend is the optimal time to get out of a bad love affair?
(a) After the novelty has worn off.
(b) When you no longer have the upper hand.
(c) None of the above.
(d) At the very beginning before feelings grow.

7. What is the first thing Ovid recommends that women in search of love to do?
(a) Dress themselves to display wealth.
(b) Go to fashionable parties.
(c) Display their beauty in public.
(d) Go places with women who have lovers.

8. Which of the following best represents Ovid's recommendations for makeup?
(a) Makeup only detracts from natural beauty and is gross to touch.
(b) Some is good, but do not wearn too much.
(c) Young women should not wear it but older women should.
(d) Use plenty so it will not wear off during the day.

9. What kind of social life does Ovid recommend while trying to cure a love?
(a) Remove yourself from society to not run into your lover by accident.
(b) Always keep someone around and avoid seclusion.
(c) Lock yourself away until you are cured.
(d) Go to social affairs to find a new love.

10. Which of the following does Ovid suggest is a bad idea?
(a) Seduce a maid to get to a girl.
(b) Get drunk.
(c) All of the above.
(d) Praise your girl to a friend.

11. What does Ovid say about seducing the maid of the lady you are after?
(a) The maid's guilt will keep her from turner informer.
(b) After the lady is secure, seduce the maid if you want.
(c) Do not seduce the maid to get to the lady.
(d) All of the above.

12. What warning does Ovid give about practicing infidelity?
(a) The risk of being caught is not worth the gains.
(b) It is difficult keeping two women emotionally satisfied.
(c) Infidelity can make one's partner become unfaithful.
(d) All of the above.

13. How does Ovid feel about kissing and telling?
(a) Do not do it.
(b) Always say good things about your lover and she will forgive you.
(c) Maintain a playful air about it.
(d) It will bolster your reputation as a lover.

14. Who inspires Ovid to write this long poem for women?
(a) His own feelings of love.
(b) Venus.
(c) Corinna.
(d) Athena.

15. What does Ovid say is true of love?
(a) Once mastered, love is as natural as breathing.
(b) Love is an art and requires natural talent.
(c) Lovers get less pleasure than pain. They should steel their hearts for hardship.
(d) Love is a game and should not be taken seriously.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ovid recommend as a powerful tool historically used to get over a love?

2. What is Ovid's number one rule for getting over a love affair?

3. What does Ovid say of "ladies plucking their first gray hairs"?

4. What kind of gifts does Ovid say you should give to keep your lover?

5. Where does Ovid claim to find the most pleasure?

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