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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. What story does Ovid tell in Amores 3:6 in hopes of winning sympathy?
(a) The story of Achilles.
(b) The story of the Caesar's own marriage.
(c) The story of a river that fell in love.
(d) The death of Tibullus.

2. What keeps Ovid from writing the epic poem about warfare he sets out to write?
(a) It is the topic of caesars and leaders, and he is but a man.
(b) Cupid shoots him with an arrow.
(c) He must write something the people of Rome want to read.
(d) He feels the topic too lofty for his verse.

3. Who is Ovid telling to turn a blind eye about the affairs of his lover in Amores 2:2?
(a) Venus.
(b) Her husband.
(c) The high priest.
(d) The other affair of a married woman.

4. Who is Augustus?
(a) A man of immense wealth and influence.
(b) Caesar of Rome.
(c) Ovid's great uncle.
(d) All of the above.

5. What does Ovid constantly get distracted by while in the arena?
(a) An incomplete verse he has left.
(b) The girl who accompanies him.
(c) Thoughts of Corinna.
(d) Pretty women passing by.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are many of the instructions Ovid gives his lover in the fourth poem of Amores Book I?

2. Who does Ovid threaten with exposure if she denies him in Amores 2:8?

3. What spectacle does Ovid watch in Amores 3:2?

4. In the fifth poem of Amores Book I, what time of day is it?

5. Why does Corinna's hair fall out?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Ovid at the chariot races.

3. What happens to Ovid after his banishment? How long does he live?

4. In Amores 3:11, Ovid grapples with conflicting emotions regarding Corinna. What are they and why?

5. What reasons does Ovid give for wanting to be a ring on Corinna's finger?

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

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

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

9. What does Ovid say causes him to turn cold toward Corinna? What is it about her that he does not like?

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

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