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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 seducing the maid of the lady you are after?
(a) After the lady is secure, seduce the maid if you want.
(b) Do not seduce the maid to get to the lady.
(c) The maid's guilt will keep her from turner informer.
(d) All of the above.

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

3. What is Ovid's number one rule for getting over a love affair?
(a) No leisure.
(b) No alcohol.
(c) Divert yourself with new love.
(d) Act happy.

4. 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) Make a big show about doing them.
(c) Wait until asked so you get credit.
(d) Pretend to make them a difficult decision to make.

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

6. What does Ovid say of "ladies plucking their first gray hairs"?
(a) Wisdom makes passion grow dim.
(b) They have grown wise to his tricks and are difficult to woo.
(c) They are a field worth sowing.
(d) They no longer have the ardor for best lovemaking.

7. What does Ovid say is true of love?
(a) Lovers get less pleasure than pain. They should steel their hearts for hardship.
(b) Love is an art and requires natural talent.
(c) Once mastered, love is as natural as breathing.
(d) Love is a game and should not be taken seriously.

8. What does Ovid say is the secret to finesse at lovemaking?
(a) Passion.
(b) Experience.
(c) Sincerity.
(d) Technique.

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

10. Whose concerns does Ovid address first thing in The Cures for Love?
(a) Cupid.
(b) Venus.
(c) Women.
(d) His muse.

11. 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.

12. Which fine art does Ovid recommend attending while trying to cure a love?
(a) Theater.
(b) None of the above. Stay away from them all.
(c) Concerts.
(d) Poetry.

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

14. What does Ovid recommend women pay great attention to?
(a) Determining if a potential lover is sincere or a player.
(b) The passion of a lover.
(c) The other women surrounding a potential lover.
(d) The wealth of her suitor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ovid feel about love charms and aphrodisiacs?

2. What does Ovid recommend as an effective way to rekindle the passion of a lover that has cooled?

3. What advice does Ovid give about handling your lover's shortcomings?

4. What history of sexuality does Ovid give to the theater?

5. Where does Ovid claim to find the most pleasure?

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