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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. Does Ovid have children?

2. What advice does Ovid overhear a person giving Corinna in Amores 1:8?

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

4. In Amores 3:3, what does Ovid say pretty girls should get away with?

5. Why does Corinna's hair fall out?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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. Why is Ovid banished from Rome?

5. Describe the personality of Ovid in the role of lover.

6. What does Dipsas tell Corinna?

7. Explain what happens the time Ovid is impotent.

8. What does Ovid say causes him to turn cold toward Corinna? What is it about her that he does not like?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rome during Ovid's time is a vast empire and fascinating place. Write an essay about Rome.

Part 1. General information about Rome including its sociology, culture, history, and people.

Part 2. What form of government does Rome have? How is it unique?

Part 3. What social issues plague Rome and what steps are taken to fix them? How does this effect Ovid?

Essay Topic 2

Ovid's banishment from Rome remains one of the great historical mysteries. There are many clues and theories about the details of his banishment and what caused it. Write an essay covering in detail the known facts in the situation and the various theories regarding the unknown parts of his banishment.

Part 1. What concrete information do we have about Ovid's banishment? What is the official reason given for it?

Part 2. What important information is not known regarding Ovid's banishment? How do we know we are missing something important?

Part 3. What theories exist about the reasons behind his banishment?

Part 4. Where is Ovid exiled to? How long does he stay there? What is it like for him? What are the sum affects of the banishment on Ovid?

Essay Topic 3

There are many social mores regarding sexuality that from Rome in Ovid's time that are similar to those in America in the 1960's. Discuss those social mores.

Part 1. What part of the social mores of the two eras are worthy of comparison?

Part 2. How are they similar? How are they different?

Part 3. Has there been any "progress" or "evolution" since Rome in 2 AD or are we essentially the same?

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