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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 do after his first marriage ends?
(a) All the above.
(b) Finishes his education.
(c) Spends time with Macer.
(d) Travels.

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

3. Which of the following best characterizes Ovid's poetry?
(a) Undercuts the regime in power.
(b) None of the above.
(c) Is bucolic and pastoral.
(d) Shows toleration for marital infidelity.

4. What is the problem Ovid gives his lover instructions about in the fourth poem of Amores Book I?
(a) None of the above.
(b) His lover is with her husband at a party.
(c) His lover wants to run away from her home with him.
(d) His lover is being courted by a powerful man.

5. In the fifth poem of Amores Book I, what time of day is it?
(a) Dawn.
(b) Late morning.
(c) Late at night.
(d) Siesta time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Macer?

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

3. Does Ovid have children?

4. Why is Ovid's father against Ovid becoming a poet?

5. Which of the following best characterizes the leadership of the Roman Empire during Ovid's life?

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