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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 about the man who protests to the world, "I am not in love?"
(a) All of the above.
(b) He is in love.
(c) He is on the path to being cured.
(d) He is drunk.

2. How does Ovid feel about drunkenness?
(a) It can harm you but feigning it can be useful.
(b) Nobody loves a drunk, so do not be one.
(c) Drunkeness turns your thoughts into action.
(d) Drunkeness is courage for the timid.

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

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

5. After the theater, where does Ovid recommend looking for a mistress?
(a) At political forums.
(b) At the market.
(c) At the races.
(d) At family functions.

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

7. What does Ovid recommend doing with things you intend to do for your lover regardless?
(a) Do them promptly and make no fuss over them.
(b) Wait until asked so you get credit.
(c) Pretend to make them a difficult decision to make.
(d) Make a big show about doing them.

8. Which of the following Adages does Ovid agree with in The Art of Love?
(a) Out of sight, out of mind.
(b) Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
(c) Birds of a feather flock together.
(d) None of the above.

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

10. Who is Ovid's target audience when writing The Art of Love Book 3?
(a) Ordinary women.
(b) Beautiful women in order to keep control of their affairs.
(c) Everyone who will listen.
(d) Young women that are first starting their adult lives.

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

12. Which of the following best describes the nature of The Art of Love Book 1?
(a) A how-to manual about seducing women.
(b) Suggestions on how to find a soul mate.
(c) A rancorous tirade of a bittered lover.
(d) A collection of observations about love.

13. What does Ovid recommend as a powerful tool historically used to get over a love?
(a) Getting very drunk.
(b) Picking fights with your partner every chance you get.
(c) Taking another lover.
(d) Writing love poetry.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ovid say about the characters of women?

3. What does Ovid say regarding drinking while trying to cure love?

4. Which of the following best summarizes a lot of Ovid's advice in The Art of Love book 3?

5. Where does Ovid recommend that a person start his or her quest for love?

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