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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ovid liken love to?
(a) War.
(b) A game.
(c) All of the above.
(d) Sports.

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

3. What point does Ovid try to make by telling the story of Procris and Cephalus?
(a) Turn a blind eye to your lover's infidelity.
(b) Women should not be overly jealous.
(c) Use rivals to keep passion strong.
(d) Men are usually wrongfully blamed.

4. What does Ovid say about women wearing the expensive color purple?
(a) It makes you stand out because of its rarity.
(b) None of the above.
(c) It sends a message of wealth that makes you more alluring.
(d) It is madness and unnecessary.

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

6. 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.

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

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

9. What does Ovid say will happen if you send your intended mistress a letter in sophisticated and high brow language?
(a) She will be humbled.
(b) She will be impressed and think you educated.
(c) She will assume you can afford expensive gifts.
(d) It is likely to repel her.

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

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

12. What sort of physique does Ovid say that men consumed by love have?
(a) Sickly and tremelous.
(b) Thin and haggard.
(c) Fit and hard.
(d) Soft and friendly.

13. 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.

14. Which hairstyle does Ovid favor?
(a) Piled on top.
(b) Braided like Diana.
(c) Loose, long, and wild.
(d) He thinks it should vary depending on the woman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose concerns does Ovid address first thing in The Cures for Love?

2. What does Ovid say about the man who protests to the world, "I am not in love?"

3. How does Ovid feel about using witchcraft to cure love?

4. What does Ovid recommend to those that cannot distance themselves from the love they wish to get over?

5. What does Ovid suggest can keep passion strong?

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