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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. When does Ovid recommend regarding parties?
(a) Be prompt to make the most of the evening.
(b) Arrive fashionably late.
(c) Don't drink or eat.
(d) None of the above.

2. Which of the following does Ovid claim his writing will now be about?
(a) How to take revenge on love.
(b) The ups and downs of passion.
(c) The joys of intimacy.
(d) How to snare the girl of your choice.

3. What trait does Ovid teach as important in the winning of the girl of one's choice?
(a) Patience.
(b) All of the above.
(c) Flexibility.
(d) Persistance.

4. What advice is given regarding laughing?
(a) Do not bray or go cross-eyed.
(b) Keep your teeth concealed behind your lips.
(c) Learn how to do it without opening your mouth too wide.
(d) All of the above.

5. How does Ovid feel about using witchcraft to cure love?
(a) He thinks it is usable as a last resort.
(b) He is all for absolutely anything that might help.
(c) He is definitely against it.
(d) He thinks it is effective if believed in.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ovid encourage at parties?

2. What history of sexuality does Ovid give to the theater?

3. What would happen if Daedalus or his son flew too high?

4. What does Ovid suggest can keep passion strong?

5. Which of the following best represents Ovid's recommendations for makeup?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ovid recommend doing should your lover fall ill?

2. Why does Ovid like to promise gifts?

3. What does Ovid recommend doing with old letters from an affair you are trying to forget? What else does he say on the subject?

4. Does Ovid recommend seclusion as a cure for love? What does he say on the subject?

5. What advice does Ovid give regarding the maids and servants of a lover?

6. How would you describe Ovid's general approach to women as portrayed in The Art of Love?

7. What does Ovid recommend your behavior be like towards a lover you are trying to get over?

8. What point does Ovid make when he describes the affair of Mars and Venus being discovered and exposed by Vulcan? What does he recommend?

9. What activity does Ovid say is guaranteed to "let Cupid in" when he is not wanted? What does he recommend as an alternative?

10. Summarize the story of Procris and Cephalus. What point does Ovid make?

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