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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 recommend to those that cannot distance themselves from the love they wish to get over?
(a) Encourage her to engage in activities that displease you.
(b) Dwell on the wrongs and disfavors done.
(c) Be overly critical, to yourself, of her flaws.
(d) All of the above.

2. What does Ovid say regarding drinking while trying to cure love?
(a) Entertain yourself with drink instead of love.
(b) Do not drink.
(c) Do not drink or drown your wits. Nothing in between.
(d) Drink when you are with a different potential love.

3. What kind of gifts does Ovid say you should give to keep your lover?
(a) Whatever she asks for.
(b) The costlier gifts the better.
(c) No gifts should be given.
(d) Small gifts that are chosen with skill and discretion.

4. Why did Daedalus make wings for himself and his son?
(a) Because they had to cross impassable mountains.
(b) Because he envied the flight of birds.
(c) Because he wanted to be closer to the gods.
(d) Because air was the only escape from Minos.

5. What does Ovid say is true of love?
(a) Lovers get less pleasure than pain. They should steel their hearts for hardship.
(b) Love is an art and requires natural talent.
(c) Love is a game and should not be taken seriously.
(d) Once mastered, love is as natural as breathing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Ovid suggest is a bad idea?

2. What advice does Ovid give particularly to lovers who are poor?

3. What sort of physique does Ovid say that men consumed by love have?

4. According to Ovid, how much should you talk to a girl when you are leaving her?

5. What point does Ovid try to make by telling the story of Procris and Cephalus?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Ovid say about time apart in a relationship?

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

4. What places does Ovid recommend for finding women?

5. What does Ovid say about the way a woman walks and carries herself?

6. What does Ovid recommend to women do regarding any personal flaws they might have?

7. Are Daedalus and his son successful in their flight? What happens?

8. Does Ovid ever recommend crying? When?

9. 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?"

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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