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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, The Cures for Love : Chapter 1, The Cures for Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following best describes the content of The Art of Love Book 3?
(a) A guide for women about love.
(b) How women should present themselves.
(c) How to find a husband.
(d) What men want.

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

4. What career does Ovid's education meant to prepare him for?
(a) Ovid studies business and trade so he could take over his father's empire.
(b) Ovid's education is in law so he could be a statesman.
(c) Ovid studies medicine to be a doctor.
(d) Ovid studies the classics so he could be a writer.

5. Who is Ovid telling to turn a blind eye about the affairs of his lover in Amores 2:2?
(a) Her husband.
(b) The other affair of a married woman.
(c) Venus.
(d) The high priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of the arguing pair squabbling for his attention does Ovid choose?

2. What advice is Ovid giving to men in Amores 3:4?

3. What does the dream interpreter say Ovid's dream means?

4. How does Ovid's first marriage end?

5. What problem does Ovid have in Amores 2:10?

(see the answer key)

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