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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Ovid say is the secret to finesse at lovemaking?
(a) Technique.
(b) Sincerity.
(c) Experience.
(d) Passion.
2. What does Ovid recommend doing during a separation?
(a) All of the above.
(b) Avoid all legal litigation.
(c) Let her keep the gifts you gave her.
(d) Become indifferent and not hateful.
3. What does Ovid recommend to keep women invested in a relationship?
(a) Seem only partially interested.
(b) None of the above.
(c) Promise gifts but not give them.
(d) Insinuate you have other lovers.
4. What does Ovid say about the man who protests to the world, "I am not in love?"
(a) He is in love.
(b) He is drunk.
(c) He is on the path to being cured.
(d) All of the above.
5. What advice does Ovid give involving your rivals in love?
(a) Oil the door for them.
(b) All of the above.
(c) Do not expose your rivals.
(d) Let yourself be cheated on.
6. What does Ovid say of "ladies plucking their first gray hairs"?
(a) They no longer have the ardor for best lovemaking.
(b) They have grown wise to his tricks and are difficult to woo.
(c) Wisdom makes passion grow dim.
(d) They are a field worth sowing.
7. What does Ovid say about keeping a lover once you have won her?
(a) It will take care of itself.
(b) It is not important.
(c) It is as tricky as winning her.
(d) It is the hardest task of all.
8. Which of the following best describes the content of The Art of Love Book 3?
(a) How to find a husband.
(b) How women should present themselves.
(c) A guide for women about love.
(d) What men want.
9. What does Ovid encourage at parties?
(a) Befriending the girl's escort.
(b) Ambiguous phrases that make the girl feel they are for her.
(c) All of the above.
(d) Let the girl see passion in your eyes.
10. If your love letters are met with rejection or resistance, what does Ovid recommend?
(a) Telling her that you hope she will read them some day.
(b) Go by degrees and stages.
(c) Continue to write and deliver love letters.
(d) All of the above.
11. Whose concerns does Ovid address first thing in The Cures for Love?
(a) Venus.
(b) Cupid.
(c) Women.
(d) His muse.
12. What does Ovid recommend women pay great attention to?
(a) The wealth of her suitor.
(b) The passion of a lover.
(c) The other women surrounding a potential lover.
(d) Determining if a potential lover is sincere or a player.
13. Which of the following does Ovid claim his writing will now be about?
(a) How to take revenge on love.
(b) The ups and downs of passion.
(c) The joys of intimacy.
(d) How to snare the girl of your choice.
14. Who appears to Ovid abruptly in the middle of The Art of Love book 2?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Cupid.
(c) Venus.
(d) Corinna.
15. What does Ovid recommend to those that cannot distance themselves from the love they wish to get over?
(a) Be overly critical, to yourself, of her flaws.
(b) Encourage her to engage in activities that displease you.
(c) Dwell on the wrongs and disfavors done.
(d) All of the above.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following best summarizes a lot of Ovid's advice in The Art of Love book 3?
2. What does Ovid mean when he says, "You get the best vintage from well-cared for grapes?"
3. What does Ovid say about the characters of women?
4. According to Ovid, how much should you talk to a girl when you are leaving her?
5. Why did Daedalus make wings for himself and his son?
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