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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 does Ovid NOT recommend doing with your hair to appear attractive to women?

2. When does Ovid recommend is the optimal time to get out of a bad love affair?

3. If your love letters are met with rejection or resistance, what does Ovid recommend?

4. Why did Daedalus make wings for himself and his son?

5. What does Ovid recommend doing during a separation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sort of language does Ovid recommend using when writing to a girl?

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

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

4. What does Ovid recommend to women do regarding any personal flaws they might have?

5. What is Ovid referring to when he says "A fire's blown up by the wind, by the wind extinguished: a gentle breeze fans the flame, a harder gust puts it out?"

6. What does Ovid recommend your behavior be like towards a lover you are trying to get over?

7. What element does Ovid say is most important when playing games? Why?

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

9. What places does Ovid recommend for finding women?

10. What does Ovid recommend doing should your lover fall ill?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ovid's banishment from Rome remains one of the great historical mysteries. There are many clues and theories about the details of his banishment and what caused it. Write an essay covering in detail the known facts in the situation and the various theories regarding the unknown parts of his banishment.

Part 1. What concrete information do we have about Ovid's banishment? What is the official reason given for it?

Part 2. What important information is not known regarding Ovid's banishment? How do we know we are missing something important?

Part 3. What theories exist about the reasons behind his banishment?

Part 4. Where is Ovid exiled to? How long does he stay there? What is it like for him? What are the sum affects of the banishment on Ovid?

Essay Topic 2

After the Cures For Love, there is a fragment of the text that remains from his poem On Facial Treatment for Ladies. This fragment gives us a glimpse into what makeup and its applications might have been like two thousand years ago in Rome. Further this text with some research on the side and discuss the history and changes of makeup over time.

Part 1. Summarize and explain the information in On Facial Treatment for Ladies and other sources you have used.

Part 2. What would it have been like to use cosmetics as they were then?

Part 3. How have cosmetics changed over time to become how they are today? How is the experience of the user different?

Essay Topic 3

Summarize the advice that Ovid gives to men and/or women regarding what to do to be successful in obtaining and securing a lover.

Part 1. What suggestions does he make regarding appearance?

Part 2. What suggestions does he make regarding behavior?

Part 3. How accurate or valuable to you feel his advice is?

Part 4. Is any, most, or all of it still applicable today? What has changed and what hasn't?

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