Sappho Fragment 31 Quizzes

Sappho Fragment 31 Quiz

1 How does the speaker refer to their beloved?

In the third person

In the second 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 equal to a god

He is like a god

He is almost a god

He is greater than 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?

4 lines

1 line

3 lines

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

5

6

3

4
6 Which sense does the speaker NOT refer to?

taste

hearing

sight

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

English

Greek

Latin

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

greener than grass

smooth skin

person of poverty

sweet speaking
9 In which stanza of "Fragment 31" does the speaker never refer to herself in the first person?

3

1

4

2
10 How many periods are there in Carson's translation of "Fragment 31"?

2

4

0

1
11 Which best describes the speaker's relationship to the woman she refers to as "you"?

Platonic respect

Distant infatuation

Slighted lover

Jealous resentment
12 Which best describes the speaker's relationship to the man?

Pity

Romantic desire

Jealous resentment

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

To seem

To laugh

To see

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

Irony

Alliteration

Enjambment

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

Time

Jealousy

Transcendence

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

Private journal entries

Printed and distributed

Performed to music

Read aloud
17 We have access to "Fragment 31" because of:

Anne Carson's discovery of it

Reference to the poem in Aristotle

Longinus' quotation

A papyrus fragment
18 In the first stanza, the man is ____ the speaker's beloved.

Opposite to

Holding

Watching

Far from
19 What causes the speaker to be struck dumb?

Seeing her with the man

One of the gods

Hearing her "sweet speaking"

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

Resigned

Content

Lamenting

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

Grips, Grips

Breaks, Disturbs

Shakes, Holds

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

The man and the beloved

The speaker and nature

The speaker and her body

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

4

2

3

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

Hopeful mysticism

Profound confusion

Cynical dismissal

Simple joy
25 Which phrase implies that the speaker is watching her beloved from afar?

"when I look at you"

"That man"

"I seem to me"

"the heart in my chest on wings"

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