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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 advice does Ovid give particularly to lovers who are poor?
(a) Keep peace with the mistress.
(b) Tolerate infidelity.
(c) Learn carefully how to manipulate.
(d) Chose an undemanding lover.

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

3. When does Ovid say is an appropriate time to make a definitive bold move on a girl?
(a) At the theater when there is still an act left.
(b) At her house as soon as her husband has left.
(c) As soon as possible.
(d) In the confusion of guests leaving a party.

4. What does Ovid say about keeping a lover once you have won her?
(a) It is as tricky as winning her.
(b) It is not important.
(c) It is the hardest task of all.
(d) It will take care of itself.

5. Which of the following is a statement that Ovid makes?
(a) All of the above
(b) Male libidos are milder.
(c) Every single girl can be caught.
(d) What's not ours has more allure than what is.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Ovid recommend is the optimal time to get out of a bad love affair?

2. Which of the following best summarizes a lot of Ovid's advice in The Art of Love book 3?

3. What does Ovid say is the secret to finesse at lovemaking?

4. What does Ovid say about women wearing the expensive color purple?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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. Why does Ovid like to promise gifts?

5. How does Ovid feel about flattery?

6. What advice does Ovid give regarding makeup? What does he say about how much to wear and when to apply it?

7. What advice does Apollo tell Ovid to pass on to everyone?

8. What is Ovid referring to when he says "A fire's blown up by the wind, by the wind extinguished: a gentle breeze fans the flame, a harder gust puts it out?"

9. What element does Ovid say is most important when playing games? Why?

10. What does Ovid say about beauty in The Art of Love book 2? What advice does he give to prepare for this?

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