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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 career does Ovid's education meant to prepare him for?
(a) Ovid studies the classics so he could be a writer.
(b) Ovid studies business and trade so he could take over his father's empire.
(c) Ovid studies medicine to be a doctor.
(d) Ovid's education is in law so he could be a statesman.

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

3. What do people say about Ovid's speeches?
(a) They motivate the masses.
(b) His poetic ability is clear in them.
(c) They increase patriotism.
(d) They can bring peace between warring nations.

4. What is the horrible crime Ovid defines in Amores 2:2?
(a) Denying love.
(b) Turning away a lover.
(c) Bringing adulterous affairs to light.
(d) Embarrassing a woman.

5. In Amores 2:4, what type of woman does Ovid express a preference for?
(a) Demure ones.
(b) All of them.
(c) Blondes.
(d) Smart ones.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ovid ask Corinna to do in Amores 3:14?

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

3. What is one of the clear causes of Ovid's banishment from Rome?

4. How long does Ovid's family live?

5. What reason does Ovid give for his impotence in Amores 3:7?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Ovid's opinion of those who expose clandestine love affairs?

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

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

7. How does Ovid embody the dilemma between writing love poems and writing tragedies in Amores Book 3?

8. What does Ovid devote an entire poem to compare lovers to in Amores? Why are they similar?

9. Why is Ovid banished from Rome?

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

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