Sappho Fragment 31 Quizzes

Sappho Fragment 31 Quiz

1 How does the speaker refer to their beloved?
In the second person

In the first person

She doesn't refer to her

In the third 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"?
alliteration

allusion

parallelism

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

2 lines

4 lines

1 line
5 How many stanzas long is "Fragment 31"?
6

4

5

3
6 Which sense does the speaker NOT refer to?
touch

sight

taste

hearing
7 What language was "Fragment 31" originally written in?
Greek

Latin

English

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

greener than grass

sweet speaking

smooth skin
9 In which stanza of "Fragment 31" does the speaker never refer to herself in the first person?
3

4

1

2
10 How many periods are there in Carson's translation of "Fragment 31"?
0

1

2

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

Slighted lover

Distant infatuation

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

Pity

Romantic desire

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

To dare

To see

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

Irony

Alliteration

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

Transcendence

Time

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

Private journal entries

Printed and distributed

Read aloud
17 We have access to "Fragment 31" because of:
Anne Carson's discovery of it

Longinus' quotation

A papyrus fragment

Reference to the poem in Aristotle
18 In the first stanza, the man is ____ the speaker's beloved.
Far from

Watching

Holding

Opposite to
19 What causes the speaker to be struck dumb?
One of the gods

Hearing her "sweet speaking"

Seeing her with the man

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

Resigned

Hopeful

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

Breaks, Disturbs

Shakes, Holds

Grips, Grips
22 What is ultimately the most important relationship in "Fragment 31"?
The speaker and the man

The speaker and her body

The man and the beloved

The speaker and nature
23 Which stanza might be MOST accurately described as surreal?
2

1

3

4
24 Which of the following best speaks to "Fragment 31"s attitude towards love?
Simple joy

Cynical dismissal

Profound confusion

Hopeful mysticism
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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