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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. Why is Ovid's father against Ovid becoming a poet?
(a) He wants Ovid to take over the family business.
(b) There is no money in it.
(c) Poets have a reputation as subversives.
(d) Poetry is not a respected talent.

2. How many times does Ovid marry?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

3. Who has died in Amores 3:9?
(a) Tibullus, a great poet.
(b) A very popular beautiful woman.
(c) Caesar.
(d) Ovid's father.

4. What social trouble plagues the upper classes of Rome?
(a) Religiosity is at an all time low.
(b) Politics are seeped with treason.
(c) No one wants to lead or govern.
(d) Adultery has grown to outrageous proportions.

5. In Amores 2:3, who is Ovid trying to convince to help him as a go-between?
(a) A eunoch keeper.
(b) Corinna's best friend.
(c) A messenger boy of Corinna's household.
(d) Corinna's sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ovid say made Corinna popular in Amores 3:12?

2. Who is Augustus?

3. Where is Ovid in Amores 3:13?

4. What does Ovid do to defend his actions in Amores 1:7?

5. In Amores 2:4, what type of woman does Ovid express a preference for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Corinna gets pregnant? Whose child is it?

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

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

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

5. Explain what happens the time Ovid is impotent.

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

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

8. What does Ovid say about abortion?

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

10. Describe Ovid at the chariot races.

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