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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) As soon as possible.
(c) At the theater when there is still an act left.
(d) In the confusion of guests leaving a party.

2. Which of the following best summarizes a lot of Ovid's advice in The Art of Love book 3?
(a) Make use of youth.
(b) Love is a game to be played.
(c) Know yourself and make the most of how you are.
(d) Men are simple and easily controlled.

3. 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.

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

5. Where does Ovid claim to find the most pleasure?
(a) With a woman experiencing the same pleasure he is.
(b) When a woman is inexperienced and young.
(c) When a woman resists and it gets rough.
(d) When a woman knows her place and is focused on his pleasure.

6. 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.

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. What does Ovid say regarding drinking while trying to cure love?
(a) Do not drink or drown your wits. Nothing in between.
(b) Entertain yourself with drink instead of love.
(c) Do not drink.
(d) Drink when you are with a different potential love.

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

10. 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 drunk.
(c) He is on the path to being cured.
(d) He is in love.

11. What history of sexuality does Ovid give to the theater?
(a) A group rape of Sabine girls by Roman soldiers.
(b) The rape of slaves on stage for audiences to see.
(c) The favorite place of the upper class to find lovers.
(d) Erotic performances.

12. 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) Only if she asks.
(d) Not at all. Stay silent.

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

14. How does Ovid feel about deception to girls?
(a) They are cheats and so deserve to be cheated.
(b) All of the above.
(c) There is no danger from the gods.
(d) They are just falling into traps they have set themselves.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of social life does Ovid recommend while trying to cure a love?

3. What does Ovid encourage at parties?

4. When does Ovid recommend is the optimal time to get out of a bad love affair?

5. Which of the following does Ovid use to describe the best time to end a love affair?

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