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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ovid suggest can keep passion strong?
(a) A feisty temper.
(b) Some inaccessability.
(c) Clear communication.
(d) Well-maintained looks.

2. 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) Go to social affairs to find a new love.
(c) Lock yourself away until you are cured.
(d) Always keep someone around and avoid seclusion.

3. What does Ovid say women are expert at?
(a) Showing emotion they do not feel.
(b) Denying the advances of calculating men.
(c) Fleecing their lover for gifts.
(d) Pretending to be disinterested.

4. Which of the following best characterizes the content of The Art of Love book 2?
(a) How to conquer women.
(b) How to keep yourself satisfied.
(c) What you need to know to keep a lover in a relationship.
(d) How to make lovers bend to your will.

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

6. What does Ovid say about being around people in love?
(a) It is useful to compare your own relationship disfavorably with theirs.
(b) To observe the lovesick infects the eyes that watch them.
(c) Being around people in love will turn your eyes to new possibilities.
(d) None of the above.

7. What advice does Ovid give about handling your lover's shortcomings?
(a) Do not criticize them. Instead, pretend that they do not exist.
(b) Bring them up to make her more grateful.
(c) Gentle management can improve them over time.
(d) None of the above.

8. What did Vulcan gain by catching Venus and Mars together and exposing them?
(a) Nothing. It worsens his lot and he regrets it in the end.
(b) It overwhelms his wife with guilt and makes an enemy of Mars.
(c) It humiliates the lovers into fidelity.
(d) It separates the lovers but he also loses his wife.

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

10. According to Ovid, how much should you talk to a girl when you are leaving her?
(a) As much as you can because it will make it real.
(b) Write her a letter that puts the blame on you.
(c) Not at all. Stay silent.
(d) Only if she asks.

11. Which of the following does Ovid claim his writing will now be about?
(a) How to take revenge on love.
(b) The joys of intimacy.
(c) The ups and downs of passion.
(d) How to snare the girl of your choice.

12. Which of the following does Ovid use to describe the best time to end a love affair?
(a) When extinguishing a fire, catch it quick or let it burn out.
(b) Haste makes waste.
(c) Never put off for tomorrow what you can do today.
(d) He who tarries, marries.

13. Which of the following best describes the content of The Art of Love Book 3?
(a) How to find a husband.
(b) What men want.
(c) A guide for women about love.
(d) How women should present themselves.

14. Where does Ovid recommend that a person start his or her quest for love?
(a) The public theater.
(b) By stern self-reflection.
(c) Amid their personal acquaintances.
(d) At parties.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When does Ovid employ flattery to keep a lover?

3. What does Ovid say about glum girls?

4. Which of the following is advice that Ovid gives?

5. Which of the following does Ovid recommend women to do?

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