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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following best characterizes Ovid's motivation for his manual on how to subdue love?
(a) Pity toward the unlucky in love.
(b) Subversiveness to morality.
(c) Generosity to mankind.
(d) Vengeance against love.

4. What does Ovid recommend as an effective way to rekindle the passion of a lover that has cooled?
(a) Give her a rival.
(b) Remove yourself and wait for her to come to you.
(c) Alternate between flattering her and criticizing her.
(d) Be constantly at her side.

5. In Amores 2:9, what does Ovid argue that he should quit?
(a) Corinna.
(b) Taking recklass risks.
(c) The field of love.
(d) Smoking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are many of the instructions Ovid gives his lover in the fourth poem of Amores Book I?

2. What does Ovid say made Corinna popular in Amores 3:12?

3. How many times does Ovid marry?

4. How does the competitor Ovid support do in the competition?

5. What does Ovid say will happen if you send your intended mistress a letter in sophisticated and high brow language?

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