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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. What advice does Ovid give involving your rivals in love?
(a) All of the above.
(b) Let yourself be cheated on.
(c) Oil the door for them.
(d) Do not expose your rivals.

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

3. What kind of social life does Ovid recommend while trying to cure a love?
(a) Always keep someone around and avoid seclusion.
(b) Remove yourself from society to not run into your lover by accident.
(c) Go to social affairs to find a new love.
(d) Lock yourself away until you are cured.

4. Which of the following best characterizes the content of The Art of Love book 2?
(a) How to conquer women.
(b) How to keep yourself satisfied.
(c) What you need to know to keep a lover in a relationship.
(d) How to make lovers bend to your will.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ovid recommend women pay great attention to?

2. What doe Ovid recommend doing if a girl asks you a question about a float in a parade and you do not know the answer?

3. What does Ovid recommend doing with things you intend to do for your lover regardless?

4. What does Ovid recommend to those that cannot distance themselves from the love they wish to get over?

5. Which of the following does Ovid use to describe the best time to end a love affair?

Short Essay Questions

1. What places does Ovid recommend for finding women?

2. According to Ovid in The Art of Love book 2, what difference is there between being a wealthy lover and a poor one?

3. Does Ovid ever recommend crying? When?

4. Summarize the story of Procris and Cephalus. What point does Ovid make?

5. Why does Ovid like to promise gifts?

6. What advice does Ovid give regarding the maids and servants of a lover?

7. What point does Ovid make when he describes the affair of Mars and Venus being discovered and exposed by Vulcan? What does he recommend?

8. What does Ovid say about beauty in The Art of Love book 2? What advice does he give to prepare for this?

9. What advice does Ovid give women regarding hair?

10. What advice does Ovid give regarding makeup? What does he say about how much to wear and when to apply it?

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