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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What argument does Ovid make for his case in Amores 1:10?
2. After the attempted abortion, what is Corinna's immediate state?
3. In Amores 2:15, what item does Ovid wish he was?
4. Where is Ovid born?
5. How much focus does Ovid put on poetry when he finishes his education?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who dies in Amores 2? Does this character have a special ability?
2. How does Ovid embody the dilemma between writing love poems and writing tragedies in Amores Book 3?
3. Why is Elegy lame and "short in one foot" in the beginning of Amores book 2?
4. Explain the incident with Cypassis who is Corinna's lady maid.
5. Describe Ovid at the chariot races.
6. What does Dipsas tell Corinna?
7. What difference does Ovid and his father have about his career?
8. How does Corinna's husband's involvement or lack of involvement affect Ovid's feelings for Corinna?
9. Describe the personality of Ovid in the role of lover.
10. What is the nature of the relationship between Corinna and Ovid in Amores book 1? What is the major impediment that stands in their way?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Assuming that Ovid has not created a persona for his poems, what is the nature of the man we get to know through his poems?
Part 1. Is it likely that Ovid was writing through a persona or that his poems are from personal experience?
Part 2. What is his character like in the poems? Does it evolve?
Part 3. What logical life history or situation can explain his changing nature?
Essay Topic 2
Unlike many other famous pieces of literature, it is the approach to Ovid's work and its format, and not just its content, that offers enduring value and interest. Discuss the concept of creating artistic value of commonplace experiences.
Part 1. What is the difference between approach and content to create a final written product of enduring value?
Part 2. What examples of literature or other writing famous for its approach have been found throughout history? What are illuminated manuscripts?
Part 3. What inherent value do you see this as having? Would you adopt it to make your own commonplace experience extraordinary? If so, what approach would you use?
Essay Topic 3
In the time of Ovid's life, adultery has become a rampant social issue and the theme of Ovid's erotic poems probably leads to his banishment. Discuss the social issue of adultery in Rome at the time of Ovid's life.
Part 1. What are the social mores regarding adultery in the Rome that Ovid grew up in?
Part 2. What steps do the leaders of Rome take to amend this problem?
Part 3. How does Ovid's erotic poems fit into this scheme and what were the consequences?
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