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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. When does Ovid marry for the first time?

2. Where is Ovid in Amores 3:13?

3. What are many of the instructions Ovid gives his lover in the fourth poem of Amores Book I?

4. What story does Ovid tell in Amores 3:6 in hopes of winning sympathy?

5. What does Ovid say about Nape who is Corinna's handmaid?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Ovid at the chariot races.

2. Who is Macer and what is Ovid's relationship with him?

3. What does Ovid say about abortion?

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

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

6. What does Dipsas tell Corinna?

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

8. In Amores 3:11, Ovid grapples with conflicting emotions regarding Corinna. What are they and why?

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

10. Explain what happens the time Ovid is impotent.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The Art of Love contains a lot of good information but some of it is also outdated. Some is simply outdated such as purple is no longer a pretentious color to wear because purple dye is no longer costly. Some reflect changing cultures and gender roles. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of Ovid's advice in The Art of Love.

Part 1. As a sum total, what is the worth of Ovid's advice? Is the quality of his advice different for the different genders?

Part 2. What has become outdated? Can it be modernized to fit today's society?

Part 3. What might be important today that he could not have known about or included when he lived and wrote?

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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