Sappho Fragment 31 Quizzes

Sappho Fragment 31 Quiz

1 How does the speaker refer to their beloved?
She doesn't refer to her

In the third person

In the second person

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

He is equal to a god

He is greater than a god

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

enjambment

allusion

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

3 lines

2 lines

1 line
5 How many stanzas long is "Fragment 31"?
4

6

3

5
6 Which sense does the speaker NOT refer to?
hearing

touch

sight

taste
7 What language was "Fragment 31" originally written in?
Aramaic

English

Latin

Greek
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?
2

3

4

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?
Romantic desire

Pity

Indifferent admiration

Jealous resentment
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?
Enjambment

Irony

Simile

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

Time

Jealousy

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

Performed to music

Private journal entries

Read aloud
17 We have access to "Fragment 31" because of:
Reference to the poem in Aristotle

Anne Carson's discovery of it

A papyrus fragment

Longinus' quotation
18 In the first stanza, the man is ____ the speaker's beloved.
Watching

Far from

Opposite to

Holding
19 What causes the speaker to be struck dumb?
Seeing her with the man

Looking at her beloved

Hearing her "sweet speaking"

One of the gods
20 Which best expresses the tone of the last line?
Resigned

Content

Lamenting

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

Grips, Grips

Breaks, Disturbs

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

The speaker and the man

The speaker and her body

The man and the beloved
23 Which stanza might be MOST accurately described as surreal?
2

3

1

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

Simple joy

Profound confusion

Cynical dismissal
25 Which phrase implies that the speaker is watching her beloved from afar?
"I seem to me"

"the heart in my chest on wings"

"That man"

"when I look at you"

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