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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. In Amores 2:18, what does Ovid claim to be unable to do?

2. What is the forte of the parrot that dies in Amores 2:6?

3. In Amores 2:15, what item does Ovid wish he was?

4. How much focus does Ovid put on poetry when he finishes his education?

5. In Amores 2:10, how does Ovid say he would like to die?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who dies in Amores 2? Does this character have a special ability?

2. Why is Ovid banished from Rome?

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

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

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

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

7. What does Ovid say about abortion?

8. Why does Corinna's hair fall out? What does Ovid recommend as a solution?

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

10. What difference does Ovid and his father have about his career?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Summarize the advice that Ovid gives to men and/or women regarding what to do to be successful in obtaining and securing a lover.

Part 1. What suggestions does he make regarding appearance?

Part 2. What suggestions does he make regarding behavior?

Part 3. How accurate or valuable to you feel his advice is?

Part 4. Is any, most, or all of it still applicable today? What has changed and what hasn't?

Essay Topic 2

Write a biography on the author Ovid.

Part 1. When and where does Ovid live? What does he pursue as a career? Is he successful in his career?

Part 2. When does Ovid start writing poetry? Is he able to create a reputation for himself as a good poet?

Part 3. What reason is given for his banished from Rome? How does his life end?

Essay Topic 3

After the Cures For Love, there is a fragment of the text that remains from his poem On Facial Treatment for Ladies. This fragment gives us a glimpse into what makeup and its applications might have been like two thousand years ago in Rome. Further this text with some research on the side and discuss the history and changes of makeup over time.

Part 1. Summarize and explain the information in On Facial Treatment for Ladies and other sources you have used.

Part 2. What would it have been like to use cosmetics as they were then?

Part 3. How have cosmetics changed over time to become how they are today? How is the experience of the user different?

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