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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. Which of the following best represents Ovid's recommendations for makeup?

2. What does Ovid recommend as a powerful tool historically used to get over a love?

3. If your love letters are met with rejection or resistance, what does Ovid recommend?

4. What point does Ovid try to make by telling the story of Procris and Cephalus?

5. When does Ovid recommend regarding parties?

Short Essay Questions

1. What advice does Ovid give regarding makeup? What does he say about how much to wear and when to apply it?

2. Summarize the story of Procris and Cephalus. What point does Ovid make?

3. Does Ovid ever recommend crying? When?

4. Why does Ovid like to promise gifts?

5. What places does Ovid recommend for finding women?

6. What element does Ovid say is most important when playing games? Why?

7. How does Ovid feel about flattery?

8. What does Ovid recommend doing should your lover fall ill?

9. Does Ovid recommend picturing the person you are trying to get over with a new love? Why or why not?

10. What does Ovid say about beauty in The Art of Love book 2? What advice does he give to prepare for this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ovid's erotic poems are written in elegiac couplets. Discuss this choice of meter form.

Part 1. What are the component parts of meter?

Part 2. What is a system of scansion and how is it used?

Part 3. What are elegiac couplets? What problems are there in translating this meter from the Latin?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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