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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is arguing about Ovid in Amores 3:1?
(a) Elegy and Tragedy.
(b) Corinna and Lucinda.
(c) Elegy and Corinna.
(d) Fate and Duty.

2. In Amores 2:5, what does Ovid witness his lover doing?
(a) Having an affair with another man.
(b) Saying bad things about him.
(c) Lying to avoid him.
(d) Making love to her husband.

3. What does Ovid do after his first marriage ends?
(a) Spends time with Macer.
(b) Finishes his education.
(c) All the above.
(d) Travels.

4. What happens that Ovid regrets instantly in Amores 1:7?
(a) He has just said hurtful things to his lover.
(b) He has just broken up with his lover.
(c) He has just been caught by his lover's husband.
(d) He has just physically attacked his lover.

5. What is the problem Ovid gives his lover instructions about in the fourth poem of Amores Book I?
(a) His lover wants to run away from her home with him.
(b) His lover is with her husband at a party.
(c) His lover is being courted by a powerful man.
(d) None of the above.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Amores 2:10, how does Ovid say he would like to die?

2. Does Ovid have children?

3. What does Ovid's wife do when he is banished?

4. How does the competitor Ovid support do in the competition?

5. What advice does Ovid overhear a person giving Corinna in Amores 1:8?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Macer and what is Ovid's relationship with him?

2. What is the nature of the relationship between Corinna and Ovid in Amores book 1? What is the major impediment that stands in their way?

3. Why is Elegy lame and "short in one foot" in the beginning of Amores book 2?

4. Describe the personality of Ovid in the role of lover.

5. What does Ovid hope to accomplish by telling the story of the river that falls in love with the wandering woman to the stream?

6. What does Ovid say about abortion?

7. Why does Corinna's hair fall out? What does Ovid recommend as a solution?

8. Explain what happens the time Ovid is impotent.

9. Explain the incident with Cypassis who is Corinna's lady maid.

10. Why is Ovid waiting outside a door in Amores 1:6? What does he hope will happen?

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