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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 keeps Ovid from writing the epic poem about warfare he sets out to write?

2. Who is Ovid accused of having an affair with in Amores 2:7?

3. What is Ovid angry at in Amores 3:6?

4. In Amores 2:6, what does the parrot show little interest in?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Ovid at the chariot races.

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

3. What happens to Ovid after his banishment? How long does he live?

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

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

6. What does Ovid hope to accomplish by telling the story of the river that falls in love with the wandering woman to the stream?

7. Explain the incident with Cypassis who is Corinna's lady maid.

8. Why is Ovid banished from Rome?

9. What does Ovid devote an entire poem to compare lovers to in Amores? Why are they similar?

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

In the end of Amores Book 1, Ovid names several other authors as timeless and enduring. Write an essay about these other authors.

Part 1. Who are the authors that Ovid names? What do they do?

Part 2. Are these authors still well known?

Part 3. How does the fame of these authors compare to Ovid's?

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