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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ovid say about the man who protests to the world, "I am not in love?"
(a) All of the above.
(b) He is drunk.
(c) He is on the path to being cured.
(d) He is in love.

2. If your love letters are met with rejection or resistance, what does Ovid recommend?
(a) Continue to write and deliver love letters.
(b) Telling her that you hope she will read them some day.
(c) All of the above.
(d) Go by degrees and stages.

3. How does Ovid feel about love charms and aphrodisiacs?
(a) They can be useful when used with caution.
(b) They are an important tool to master.
(c) Some are beneficial, others useless.
(d) One should avoid all such nasty tricks.

4. Which fine art does Ovid recommend attending while trying to cure a love?
(a) Theater.
(b) None of the above. Stay away from them all.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Concerts.

5. Who inspires Ovid to write this long poem for women?
(a) Corinna.
(b) Venus.
(c) Athena.
(d) His own feelings of love.

6. What does Ovid recommend women pay great attention to?
(a) The wealth of her suitor.
(b) The passion of a lover.
(c) Determining if a potential lover is sincere or a player.
(d) The other women surrounding a potential lover.

7. What is Ovid's number one rule for getting over a love affair?
(a) No alcohol.
(b) Act happy.
(c) No leisure.
(d) Divert yourself with new love.

8. What does Ovid say about seducing the maid of the lady you are after?
(a) After the lady is secure, seduce the maid if you want.
(b) Do not seduce the maid to get to the lady.
(c) All of the above.
(d) The maid's guilt will keep her from turner informer.

9. Which of the following best represents Ovid's recommendations for makeup?
(a) Use plenty so it will not wear off during the day.
(b) Young women should not wear it but older women should.
(c) Makeup only detracts from natural beauty and is gross to touch.
(d) Some is good, but do not wearn too much.

10. When does Ovid say is an appropriate time to make a definitive bold move on a girl?
(a) As soon as possible.
(b) In the confusion of guests leaving a party.
(c) At the theater when there is still an act left.
(d) At her house as soon as her husband has left.

11. What does Ovid often happens with feigned passion?
(a) It allows you more control.
(b) You see the other's faults more clearly.
(c) It turns into the real thing.
(d) It makes both parties bitter.

12. How does Ovid explain the need for a book on the Cures for Love?
(a) To keep blood off Cupid's hands.
(b) It will not undo the work of previous poems.
(c) To save those that would perish from love.
(d) All of the above.

13. Which of the following Adages does Ovid agree with in The Art of Love?
(a) Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
(b) Birds of a feather flock together.
(c) None of the above.
(d) Out of sight, out of mind.

14. What advice does Ovid give particularly to lovers who are poor?
(a) Learn carefully how to manipulate.
(b) Tolerate infidelity.
(c) Chose an undemanding lover.
(d) Keep peace with the mistress.

15. Why did Daedalus make wings for himself and his son?
(a) Because he wanted to be closer to the gods.
(b) Because he envied the flight of birds.
(c) Because they had to cross impassable mountains.
(d) Because air was the only escape from Minos.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is advice that Ovid gives?

2. What does Ovid suggest can keep passion strong?

3. What does Ovid mean when he says, "You get the best vintage from well-cared for grapes?"

4. What does Ovid recommend as a powerful tool historically used to get over a love?

5. What does Ovid recommend regarding writing letters?

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