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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 does Ovid compare in Amores 1:9?
(a) Lovers and politicians.
(b) Lovers and soldiers.
(c) Lovers and whores.
(d) Lovers and spouses.

2. What time period does Ovid live in?
(a) Around the time of Christ.
(b) During the reign of Julius Caesar.
(c) The 1500s.
(d) The second century.

3. How long does Ovid's family live?
(a) Ovid lives longer than all of his children.
(b) Ovid dies a young man before his talents have totally matured.
(c) They all die young.
(d) They all live reasonably long lives.

4. Which member of the arguing pair squabbling for his attention does Ovid choose?
(a) Elegy.
(b) Corinna.
(c) Tragedy.
(d) Fate.

5. How much focus does Ovid put on poetry when he finishes his education?
(a) He continues to study it diligently even though he does not think he would ever use it.
(b) He has given up all hope of becoming a poet and does not think of it at all.
(c) He focuses all his attention on poetry.
(d) He nurtures his poetic talent on the side while studying for a lucrative career.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ovid say about Nape who is Corinna's handmaid?

2. What social trouble plagues the upper classes of Rome?

3. What keeps Ovid from writing the epic poem about warfare he sets out to write?

4. In Amores 2:5, what does Ovid witness his lover doing?

5. Why does Ovid berate the writing tablet in Amores 1:12?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Ovid banished from Rome?

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

3. Does Ovid express which kind of woman is "his type?" If so, please describe.

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

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

6. 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?

7. What does Ovid say about abortion?

8. How does Corinna's husband's involvement or lack of involvement affect Ovid's feelings for Corinna?

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

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

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