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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. To whom is Ovid speaking in Amores 1:6 as he sits outside the door?
(a) The Porter.
(b) Himself.
(c) His lover.
(d) The gods.

2. When does Ovid marry for the first time?
(a) As soon as he finishes his education.
(b) When he is settled into his career.
(c) When he turns forty.
(d) When he is only a teenager.

3. In Amores 2:10, how does Ovid say he would like to die?
(a) In a mid-coital act.
(b) Peacefully in bed.
(c) Murdered tragically by a jealous husband.
(d) By the hand of his beloved.

4. What happens that Ovid regrets instantly in Amores 1:7?
(a) He has just said hurtful things to his lover.
(b) He has just broken up with his lover.
(c) He has just been caught by his lover's husband.
(d) He has just physically attacked his lover.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Ovid's father against Ovid becoming a poet?

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

4. What is Ovid angry at in Amores 3:6?

5. In Amores 2:15, what item does Ovid wish he was?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Ovid banished from Rome?

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

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

4. What does Dipsas tell Corinna?

5. 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?

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

7. What difference does Ovid and his father have about his career?

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

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

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

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