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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ovid bid farewell to at the end of Amores book 3?

2. What argument does Ovid make for his case in Amores 1:10?

3. What class is Ovid considered?

4. In Amores 3:11, Ovid claims, "Your morals turn me off, your body on." Which one does he say is likely to win out?

5. What is the horrible crime Ovid defines in Amores 2:2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does Ovid give for wanting to be a ring on Corinna's finger?

2. Explain what happens the time Ovid is impotent.

3. What is the nature of the relationship between Corinna and Ovid in Amores book 1? What is the major impediment that stands in their way?

4. How does Ovid embody the dilemma between writing love poems and writing tragedies in Amores Book 3?

5. Does Ovid experience success as a statesman or a poet during his lifetime? Explain.

6. Why is Elegy lame and "short in one foot" in the beginning of Amores book 2?

7. When and where was Ovid born? Where and why did his parents move when he was young?

8. Does Ovid plan or try to join the military? Why or why not?

9. In Amores book 3, why does Ovid regret writing elegies of Corinna and her beauty?

10. Why is Ovid waiting outside a door in Amores 1:6? What does he hope will happen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Unlike many other famous pieces of literature, it is the approach to Ovid's work and its format, and not just its content, that offers enduring value and interest. Discuss the concept of creating artistic value of commonplace experiences.

Part 1. What is the difference between approach and content to create a final written product of enduring value?

Part 2. What examples of literature or other writing famous for its approach have been found throughout history? What are illuminated manuscripts?

Part 3. What inherent value do you see this as having? Would you adopt it to make your own commonplace experience extraordinary? If so, what approach would you use?

Essay Topic 2

Ovid is a writer whose poetry is still being read two thousand years after he wrote it and people are still relating to it. Why is this?

Part 1. What is it about Ovid's writing that makes it timeless?

Part 2. What part of Ovid's poetry have you managed to relate to personally?

Part 3. Do you think Ovid's work will continue to be accessible to future generations?

Essay Topic 3

Ovid gives quite a bit of detailed advice to both genders about how to fare well in love. How does his advice differ for the genders?

Part 1. What discrepancy is there in the enduring quality of the advice Ovid gives between the genders?

Part 2. Have gender roles changed since Rome in 4AD? How? Have the changes been significant or minor?

Part 3. What fundamental aspects would have to change for The Art of Love to be updated?

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