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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 resisting the powers of love to?
(a) Fighting back the tide.
(b) A bird deciding not to fly.
(c) A hermit closing his eyes to the world.
(d) A horse resisting its harness.

2. In Amores 9B, which of the following does Ovid prefer?
(a) To sleep peacefully every night.
(b) To be deceived by a mistress.
(c) To be alone.
(d) To be dead.

3. In the third poem of Amores, what promise does Ovid make?
(a) Not to stop until he has bedded a certain influential married woman.
(b) To win the affection of the object of his desire.
(c) Fidelity and eternal devotion.
(d) To always be honest and spurn deceit.

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

5. Why does Ovid berate the writing tablet in Amores 1:12?
(a) None of the above.
(b) Corinna returns it to him, saying she cannot meet him today.
(c) It is not big enough to hold everything he wants to say.
(d) His chalk verses are rubbed off.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best characterizes Ovid's lover in the fourth poem of Amores Book I?

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

3. What class is Ovid considered?

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

5. In Amores 2:6, what does the parrot show little interest in?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Amores book 3, why does Ovid regret writing elegies of Corinna and her beauty?

2. 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?

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

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

5. Describe Ovid at the chariot races.

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

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

8. Why is Ovid banished from Rome?

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

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

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