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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 does Ovid suggest in important in keeping a lover?

2. What doe Ovid recommend doing if a girl asks you a question about a float in a parade and you do not know the answer?

3. Which of the following best describes the nature of The Art of Love Book 1?

4. What kind of social life does Ovid recommend while trying to cure a love?

5. What advice is given regarding laughing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What activity does Ovid say is guaranteed to "let Cupid in" when he is not wanted? What does he recommend as an alternative?

2. According to Ovid in The Art of Love book 2, what difference is there between being a wealthy lover and a poor one?

3. What does Ovid say about time apart in a relationship?

4. How would you describe Ovid's general approach to women as portrayed in The Art of Love?

5. Does Ovid ever recommend crying? When?

6. What sort of language does Ovid recommend using when writing to a girl?

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

8. What places does Ovid recommend for finding women?

9. Why does Ovid like to promise gifts?

10. Are Daedalus and his son successful in their flight? What happens?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Summarize the advice that Ovid gives to men and women regarding what to do to "cure" themselves of love.

Part 1. What advice does he give?

Part 2. How accurate or valuable to you feel his advice is?

Part 3. Is any, most, or all of it still applicable today? What has changed and what hasn't?

Essay Topic 2

Assuming that Ovid has not created a persona for his poems, what is the nature of the man we get to know through his poems?

Part 1. Is it likely that Ovid was writing through a persona or that his poems are from personal experience?

Part 2. What is his character like in the poems? Does it evolve?

Part 3. What logical life history or situation can explain his changing nature?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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