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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Macer?
(a) Ovid's school fellow.
(b) The wealthy merchant that sent him to school.
(c) Ovid's father.
(d) Ovid's master of education.

2. How does the competitor Ovid support do in the competition?
(a) He is disqualified for cheating.
(b) He comes in last.
(c) He wins.
(d) He makes it to final round, but does not win.

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

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

5. In the fifth poem of Amores Book I, what time of day is it?
(a) Late at night.
(b) Dawn.
(c) Siesta time.
(d) Late morning.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ovid telling to turn a blind eye about the affairs of his lover in Amores 2:2?

2. What does Ovid constantly get distracted by while in the arena?

3. When does Ovid marry for the first time?

4. Does Ovid have children?

5. Who is arguing about Ovid in Amores 3:1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the event that happens to cause Ovid to first offer an elegy and then scorn regarding the writing tablet?

2. When and where was Ovid born? Where and why did his parents move when he was young?

3. Who dies in Amores 2? Does this character have a special ability?

4. Why is Ovid banished from Rome?

5. Does Ovid experience success as a statesman or a poet during his lifetime? Explain.

6. Why is Ovid waiting outside a door in Amores 1:6? What does he hope will happen?

7. What does Ovid say about abortion?

8. What happens to Ovid after his banishment? How long does he live?

9. Explain the incident with Cypassis who is Corinna's lady maid.

10. What does Ovid hope to accomplish by telling the story of the river that falls in love with the wandering woman to the stream?

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