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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much focus does Ovid put on poetry when he finishes his education?
(a) He continues to study it diligently even though he does not think he would ever use it.
(b) He has given up all hope of becoming a poet and does not think of it at all.
(c) He nurtures his poetic talent on the side while studying for a lucrative career.
(d) He focuses all his attention on poetry.

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

3. What does Ovid define as his natural weapons in Amores 2:1?
(a) Poetry and soft words.
(b) Threats and entreaties.
(c) Expressions and entreaties.
(d) Looks and prowess.

4. Where is Ovid born?
(a) Outside the city of Rome.
(b) In the southern part of France.
(c) In Rome.
(d) In Greece.

5. In Amores 3:11, Ovid claims, "Your morals turn me off, your body on." Which one does he say is likely to win out?
(a) His morals will her reform her.
(b) "Love" or her body.
(c) His morals will decline to match his lust.
(d) His distaste for her personality.

6. In Amores 9B, which of the following does Ovid prefer?
(a) To sleep peacefully every night.
(b) To be alone.
(c) To be deceived by a mistress.
(d) To be dead.

7. What does Ovid compare in Amores 1:9?
(a) Lovers and spouses.
(b) Lovers and whores.
(c) Lovers and politicians.
(d) Lovers and soldiers.

8. What does the dream interpreter say Ovid's dream means?
(a) That his lover will soon leave him.
(b) That he mocks love.
(c) That he should focus on his writing.
(d) That he is a puppet of the gods.

9. What better part of himself does Ovid refer to in Amores 1:15?
(a) His daughter.
(b) His poetry.
(c) His love.
(d) His lover.

10. How many times does Ovid marry?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

11. Who has died in Amores 3:9?
(a) Caesar.
(b) Ovid's father.
(c) Tibullus, a great poet.
(d) A very popular beautiful woman.

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

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

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

15. In Amores 1:6, what activity is Ovid engaged in?
(a) Dressing for a social occasion.
(b) Entreating the gods to bring his lover to him.
(c) A nightime vigil outside his lovers door as he hopes to be let in.
(d) Begging his lover to let him come to her.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom is Ovid speaking in Amores 1:6 as he sits outside the door?

3. In relation to politics, what is Ovid good at?

4. Which of the following could be a quote from Amores 1:8?

5. When Augustus's daughter Julia reaches adulthood, what does she gain notoriety for?

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