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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, The Amores : Chapter 1, Book 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ovid's first marriage end?
(a) His father casts out his wife after catching her in an affair.
(b) He loses his wife and child in childbirth.
(c) None of the above.
(d) Divorce after only a couple years.

2. Which of the following could be a quote from Amores 1:8?
(a) "Stop worshipping genius, try generosity just for a change."
(b) "But never stay angry too long. A festering quarrel can make permanent enemies."
(c) "A certain bitch, snake, hag."
(d) All of the above.

3. What are many of the instructions Ovid gives his lover in the fourth poem of Amores Book I?
(a) How to hold off an interested man.
(b) Secret signals for them to communicate.
(c) What living independently means.
(d) What to say to appear coy.

4. Who is Augustus?
(a) Caesar of Rome.
(b) A man of immense wealth and influence.
(c) All of the above.
(d) Ovid's great uncle.

5. Who does the poet overhear speaking with Corinna in Amores 1:8?
(a) Corinna's husband.
(b) Dipsas the witch.
(c) Another man who wants to be her lover.
(d) Corinna's maid.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times does Ovid marry?

2. According to Ovid, what happens when people resist the powers of love?

3. Which of the following best characterizes Ovid's poetry?

4. What does Ovid object to and says cools his passion?

5. What is Ovid hoping will happen as he waits outside the door in Amores 1:6?

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