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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. What does Ovid's wife do when he is banished?
(a) Accompany him in exile.
(b) Lobby for his return but stay in Rome.
(c) Divorce him.
(d) Annul the marriage.

2. What argument does Ovid make for his case in Amores 1:10?
(a) His gifts are verses that immortalize beauty.
(b) If making love gives pleasure to both, why should she reap and he pay?
(c) Females of the animal kingdom do not fleece their males.
(d) All the above.

3. When Augustus's daughter Julia reaches adulthood, what does she gain notoriety for?
(a) Her subversive political nature.
(b) Promiscuity.
(c) Marrying the caesar who is her stepfather.
(d) Her ability as an orator.

4. When does Ovid marry for the first time?
(a) When he turns forty.
(b) When he is only a teenager.
(c) As soon as he finishes his education.
(d) When he is settled into his career.

5. According to Ovid, what happens when people resist the powers of love?
(a) A life on land instead of in the skies.
(b) Isolation and denial.
(c) Drowning in the sea.
(d) A much more thorough "going-over" than those who admit they are hooked.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the implied reason that Ovid does not have a military career?

2. How many times does Ovid marry?

3. What does Ovid do to defend his actions in Amores 1:7?

4. How does Ovid's first marriage end?

5. What does Ovid say about Nape who is Corinna's handmaid?

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