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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. How does Ovid's first marriage end?
(a) None of the above.
(b) He loses his wife and child in childbirth.
(c) Divorce after only a couple years.
(d) His father casts out his wife after catching her in an affair.

2. What is one of the clear causes of Ovid's banishment from Rome?
(a) His affair with the Caesar's wife.
(b) His speeches against the caesar.
(c) His scandalous and immoral poetry.
(d) His father's execution for treason.

3. Who does the poet overhear speaking with Corinna in Amores 1:8?
(a) Corinna's maid.
(b) Another man who wants to be her lover.
(c) Dipsas the witch.
(d) Corinna's husband.

4. What does Ovid do to defend his actions in Amores 1:7?
(a) Criticise's his lover's attitude.
(b) Cite instances of physical abuse in the gods.
(c) Explains all lovers take risks.
(d) Explains love drives one to irrational actions.

5. What better part of himself does Ovid refer to in Amores 1:15?
(a) His lover.
(b) His daughter.
(c) His poetry.
(d) His love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ovid constantly get distracted by while in the arena?

2. What class is Ovid considered?

3. When Augustus's daughter Julia reaches adulthood, what does she gain notoriety for?

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

5. What is the horrible crime Ovid defines in Amores 2:2?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Does Ovid plan or try to join the military? Why or why not?

5. Briefly describe Ovid's dream. What does the dream interpreter say it means?

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

7. Who dies in Amores 2? Does this character have a special ability?

8. What does Dipsas tell Corinna?

9. What does Ovid say about abortion?

10. 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?

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