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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ovid berate the writing tablet in Amores 1:12?
(a) It is not big enough to hold everything he wants to say.
(b) Corinna returns it to him, saying she cannot meet him today.
(c) His chalk verses are rubbed off.
(d) None of the above.

2. When Augustus's daughter Julia reaches adulthood, what does she gain notoriety for?
(a) Promiscuity.
(b) Marrying the caesar who is her stepfather.
(c) Her subversive political nature.
(d) Her ability as an orator.

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

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 studies the classics so he could be a writer.
(c) Ovid studies medicine to be a doctor.
(d) Ovid's education is in law so he could be a statesman.

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

6. What reason does Ovid give for his impotence in Amores 3:7?
(a) Guilt.
(b) No reason.
(c) Stress.
(d) Expectations.

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

8. Where is Ovid in Amores 3:13?
(a) On a boat off the shore.
(b) In the bed of a woman that he does not like.
(c) Traveling the countryside with Corinna.
(d) Juno's festival in Falerii.

9. What spectacle does Ovid watch in Amores 3:2?
(a) Chariot races.
(b) The gods fighting for influence.
(c) Gladiators.
(d) The forum.

10. Who is arguing about Ovid in Amores 3:1?
(a) Elegy and Tragedy.
(b) Corinna and Lucinda.
(c) Elegy and Corinna.
(d) Fate and Duty.

11. Which member of the arguing pair squabbling for his attention does Ovid choose?
(a) Corinna.
(b) Elegy.
(c) Tragedy.
(d) Fate.

12. In Amores 2:18, what does Ovid claim to be unable to do?
(a) Eject Corinna.
(b) Love a woman other than Corinna.
(c) See anything bad in Corinna.
(d) Ever give his heart entirely.

13. Does Ovid have children?
(a) Yes, he had eight children from his various marriages.
(b) Yes, he had one daughter from his second marriage.
(c) He had several stepchildren.
(d) Yes, he and his third wife had two children.

14. In Amores 2:3, who is Ovid trying to convince to help him as a go-between?
(a) A eunoch keeper.
(b) A messenger boy of Corinna's household.
(c) Corinna's sister.
(d) Corinna's best friend.

15. 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 decline to match his lust.
(b) His distaste for her personality.
(c) His morals will her reform her.
(d) "Love" or her body.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a position held by Ovid in Amores 3?

2. Of what does Ovid dream in Amores 3:5?

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

4. What does Ovid do after his first marriage ends?

5. In the fifth poem of Amores Book I, what time of day is it?

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