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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 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.

2. Who inspires Ovid to write this long poem for women?
(a) His own feelings of love.
(b) Venus.
(c) Corinna.
(d) Athena.

3. What does Ovid tell women about youth?
(a) Do not marry during your youth.
(b) It is overrated.
(c) It is the time to learn technique.
(d) It is fleeting and so you should enjoy it.

4. What is Ovid's number one rule for getting over a love affair?
(a) Divert yourself with new love.
(b) Act happy.
(c) No leisure.
(d) No alcohol.

5. Which of the following does Ovid suggest is a bad idea?
(a) Get drunk.
(b) Praise your girl to a friend.
(c) Seduce a maid to get to a girl.
(d) All of the above.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose concerns does Ovid address first thing in The Cures for Love?

2. What does Ovid suggest in important in keeping a lover?

3. Which of the following best characterizes the content of The Art of Love book 2?

4. Which hairstyle does Ovid favor?

5. What advice does Ovid give about handling your lover's shortcomings?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. According to Ovid in The Art of Love book 2, what difference is there between being a wealthy lover and a poor one?

6. What places does Ovid recommend for finding women?

7. What advice does Ovid give women regarding hair?

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

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

10. What advice does Ovid have for men regarding their hair, body, and clothes?

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