Episode 60 Quiz

Welcome to the quiz for Episode 60: How to Make Love to a Roman. See what you remember about Ovid’s <i>Art of Love</i> and <i>Cure for Love</i> by clicking “START” below!

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In the Ars Amatoria, Ovid brings up King Agamemnon’s fate in order to caution his readers against:

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In a passage in the Art of Love that modern readers find objectionable, Ovid describes a certain Greek hero raping a princess who secretly wanted to be raped. Who is the Greek hero in question?

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Which 19th century author did we look at who shared Ovid’s sense that artifice was superior to nature?

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Check the statement below that is NOT true about Roman meretrices (singular meretrix).

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A recent and compelling theory about Ovid’s didactic love poetry is that its intended audience is:

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Ovid particularly recommends pursuing women who:

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In the invocation to the Ars Amatoria, Ovid writes that:

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The romantic advice toward men in the Ars Amatoria mainly tells men how to act and what to do. The romantic advice toward women, on the other hand, offers more advice on:

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A common metaphor for courtship in the Ars Amatoria is:

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The recipes in Ovid’s Medicamina Faciei Femineae (Women’s Facial Cosmetics):

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A general piece of advice Ovid offers crestfallen lovers in the Remedia Amoris is:

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Rome’s scorti were:

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Ovid tells male readers that if they’re attracted to a mistress and a maid as well, they should:

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In the Ars Amatoria, on the subject of women aged 35 and older, Ovid writes:

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What’s Ovid’s lover’s name in the Amores?

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