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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 doing with things you intend to do for your lover regardless?
(a) Wait until asked so you get credit.
(b) Pretend to make them a difficult decision to make.
(c) Make a big show about doing them.
(d) Do them promptly and make no fuss over them.

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

3. How does Ovid explain the need for a book on the Cures for Love?
(a) All of the above.
(b) To keep blood off Cupid's hands.
(c) To save those that would perish from love.
(d) It will not undo the work of previous poems.

4. How does Ovid feel about love charms and aphrodisiacs?
(a) One should avoid all such nasty tricks.
(b) Some are beneficial, others useless.
(c) They can be useful when used with caution.
(d) They are an important tool to master.

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. How does Ovid feel about deception to girls?

2. Which of the following best describes the content of The Art of Love Book 3?

3. When does Ovid recommend regarding parties?

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

5. How does Ovid feel about kissing and telling?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does Ovid recommend picturing the person you are trying to get over with a new love? Why or why not?

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

3. Does Ovid ever recommend crying? When?

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

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. How does Ovid feel about flattery?

7. What is Ovid's advice regarding how much to drink at parties?

8. What places does Ovid recommend for finding women?

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

10. Why does Ovid like to promise gifts?

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