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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, The Art of Love : Chapter 3, Book 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens that Ovid regrets instantly in Amores 1:7?
(a) He has just physically attacked his lover.
(b) He has just said hurtful things to his lover.
(c) He has just broken up with his lover.
(d) He has just been caught by his lover's husband.

2. Who is Ovid trying to persuade to stay away in Amores 1:13?
(a) His father from visiting.
(b) Aurora, the dawn.
(c) Cupid.
(d) Corinna's husband.

3. Of what does Ovid dream in Amores 3:5?
(a) A parrot spouting his verses.
(b) The gods demanding more verse.
(c) A heifer and a bull on a lush hillside.
(d) Being desolate and alone in old age.

4. In Amores 2:17, what attribute of Corinna does Ovid say keeps him enslaved?
(a) Her beauty.
(b) Her innocence.
(c) Her passion for him.
(d) Her good heart.

5. In the third poem of Amores, what promise does Ovid make?
(a) To win the affection of the object of his desire.
(b) Not to stop until he has bedded a certain influential married woman.
(c) To always be honest and spurn deceit.
(d) Fidelity and eternal devotion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time period does Ovid live in?

2. Who is Corinna with in Amores 3:8 that Ovid finds especially hurtful?

3. What kind of gifts does Ovid say you should give to keep your lover?

4. Who does the poet overhear speaking with Corinna in Amores 1:8?

5. Who is Macer?

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