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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What does Ovid recommend NOT doing at night?
(a) Meeting a girl for the first time.
(b) None of the above.
(c) Setting up a meeting with a married woman.
(d) Judging beauty.

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

4. If your love letters are met with rejection or resistance, what does Ovid recommend?
(a) Go by degrees and stages.
(b) Telling her that you hope she will read them some day.
(c) Continue to write and deliver love letters.
(d) All of the above.

5. Who appears to Ovid abruptly in the middle of The Art of Love book 2?
(a) Venus.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Corinna.
(d) Cupid.

6. What advice is given regarding laughing?
(a) Learn how to do it without opening your mouth too wide.
(b) Keep your teeth concealed behind your lips.
(c) Do not bray or go cross-eyed.
(d) All of the above.

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

8. Which of the following is a statement that Ovid makes?
(a) What's not ours has more allure than what is.
(b) Male libidos are milder.
(c) Every single girl can be caught.
(d) All of the above

9. Which of the following does Ovid recommend women to do?
(a) Learn to play an instrument.
(b) Be able to quote poetry.
(c) Be skilled at board games.
(d) All of the above.

10. What does Ovid tell women about youth?
(a) It is the time to learn technique.
(b) It is overrated.
(c) Do not marry during your youth.
(d) It is fleeting and so you should enjoy it.

11. What advice does Ovid give particularly to lovers who are poor?
(a) Tolerate infidelity.
(b) Chose an undemanding lover.
(c) Keep peace with the mistress.
(d) Learn carefully how to manipulate.

12. When does Ovid recommend regarding parties?
(a) Be prompt to make the most of the evening.
(b) None of the above.
(c) Don't drink or eat.
(d) Arrive fashionably late.

13. When does Ovid say is an appropriate time to make a definitive bold move on a girl?
(a) At her house as soon as her husband has left.
(b) At the theater when there is still an act left.
(c) In the confusion of guests leaving a party.
(d) As soon as possible.

14. Why did Daedalus make wings for himself and his son?
(a) Because air was the only escape from Minos.
(b) Because he wanted to be closer to the gods.
(c) Because they had to cross impassable mountains.
(d) Because he envied the flight of birds.

15. How does Ovid explain the need for a book on the Cures for Love?
(a) To keep blood off Cupid's hands.
(b) To save those that would perish from love.
(c) All of the above.
(d) It will not undo the work of previous poems.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ovid say about keeping a lover once you have won her?

2. What doe Ovid recommend doing if a girl asks you a question about a float in a parade and you do not know the answer?

3. What does Ovid recommend doing during a separation?

4. What does Ovid say about women wearing the expensive color purple?

5. How does Ovid feel about drunkenness?

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