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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, The Amores : Chapter 3, Book 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ovid hoping will happen as he waits outside the door in Amores 1:6?
(a) Corinna to answer him.
(b) The doorbolt to slide free.
(c) Corinna's husband to leave.
(d) Corinna to come home.

2. What keeps Ovid from writing the epic poem about warfare he sets out to write?
(a) He must write something the people of Rome want to read.
(b) Cupid shoots him with an arrow.
(c) He feels the topic too lofty for his verse.
(d) It is the topic of caesars and leaders, and he is but a man.

3. Who is Ovid accused of having an affair with in Amores 2:7?
(a) Every woman he sees.
(b) Corinna's lady maid.
(c) A young virgin.
(d) Corinna's best friend.

4. Who is Macer?
(a) The wealthy merchant that sent him to school.
(b) Ovid's father.
(c) Ovid's school fellow.
(d) Ovid's master of education.

5. What time period does Ovid live in?
(a) Around the time of Christ.
(b) The second century.
(c) The 1500s.
(d) During the reign of Julius Caesar.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Amores 2:10, how does Ovid say he would like to die?

2. How does Ovid's first marriage end?

3. What does Ovid ask Corinna to do in Amores 3:14?

4. What happens that Ovid regrets instantly in Amores 1:7?

5. In Amores 2:17, what attribute of Corinna does Ovid say keeps him enslaved?

(see the answer key)

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