Sappho Fragment 31 Quizzes

Sappho Fragment 31 Quiz

1 How does the speaker refer to their beloved?

In the second person

In the third person

She doesn't refer to her

In the first person
2 To the speaker, how does the man compare to a god?

He is almost a god

He is greater than a god

He is like a god

He is equal to a god
3 Which literary device does NOT appear in Carson's translation of "Fragment 31"?

enjambment

alliteration

parallelism

allusion
4 Most probably, how long was the final stanza of "Fragment 31" when it was written?

3 lines

1 line

4 lines

2 lines
5 How many stanzas long is "Fragment 31"?

6

5

3

4
6 Which sense does the speaker NOT refer to?

sight

hearing

taste

touch
7 What language was "Fragment 31" originally written in?

Latin

Aramaic

Greek

English
8 Which of the following is NOT an example of alliteration used in Fragment 31?

smooth skin

sweet speaking

person of poverty

greener than grass
9 In which stanza of "Fragment 31" does the speaker never refer to herself in the first person?

2

4

3

1
10 How many periods are there in Carson's translation of "Fragment 31"?

2

0

1

4
11 Which best describes the speaker's relationship to the woman she refers to as "you"?

Distant infatuation

Jealous resentment

Slighted lover

Platonic respect
12 Which best describes the speaker's relationship to the man?

Pity

Jealous resentment

Romantic desire

Indifferent admiration
13 Which verb appears twice, both at the beginning and towards the end of "Fragment 31"?

To dare

To see

To laugh

To seem
14 "Tongue breaks and thin/fire is racing" is an example of what literary device?

Simile

Enjambment

Irony

Alliteration
15 Which is NOT a theme of "Fragment 31"?

Jealousy

Time

Transcendence

Dissociation
16 Sappho's poetry was originally written to be:

Printed and distributed

Performed to music

Read aloud

Private journal entries
17 We have access to "Fragment 31" because of:

A papyrus fragment

Reference to the poem in Aristotle

Longinus' quotation

Anne Carson's discovery of it
18 In the first stanza, the man is ____ the speaker's beloved.

Far from

Opposite to

Holding

Watching
19 What causes the speaker to be struck dumb?

Seeing her with the man

Hearing her "sweet speaking"

One of the gods

Looking at her beloved
20 Which best expresses the tone of the last line?

Hopeful

Content

Resigned

Lamenting
21 "And cold sweat ___ me and shaking / ___me"

Breaks, Disturbs

Shakes, Holds

Holds, Grips

Grips, Grips
22 What is ultimately the most important relationship in "Fragment 31"?

The speaker and her body

The man and the beloved

The speaker and nature

The speaker and the man
23 Which stanza might be MOST accurately described as surreal?

4

3

2

1
24 Which of the following best speaks to "Fragment 31"s attitude towards love?

Simple joy

Profound confusion

Cynical dismissal

Hopeful mysticism
25 Which phrase implies that the speaker is watching her beloved from afar?

"the heart in my chest on wings"

"I seem to me"

"when I look at you"

"That man"

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