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 first person

In the second person

In the third 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 equal to a god

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

enjambment

parallelism

alliteration

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

3 lines

4 lines

2 lines

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

3

6

5

4
6 Which sense does the speaker NOT refer to?

sight

hearing

taste

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

Greek

English

Latin

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

greener than grass

person of poverty

sweet speaking

smooth skin
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"?

0

1

2

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

Jealous resentment

Platonic respect

Distant infatuation

Slighted lover
12 Which best describes the speaker's relationship to the man?

Indifferent admiration

Romantic desire

Jealous resentment

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

To laugh

To dare

To seem

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

Enjambment

Simile

Irony

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

Time

Dissociation

Jealousy

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

Performed to music

Printed and distributed

Read aloud

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

Reference to the poem in Aristotle

A papyrus fragment

Longinus' quotation

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

Opposite to

Watching

Holding

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

Looking at her beloved

One of the gods

Seeing her with the man

Hearing her "sweet speaking"
20 Which best expresses the tone of the last line?

Lamenting

Hopeful

Resigned

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

Breaks, Disturbs

Holds, Grips

Grips, Grips

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

The speaker and nature

The speaker and her body

The man and the beloved

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

1

2

4

3
24 Which of the following best speaks to "Fragment 31"s attitude towards love?

Profound confusion

Simple joy

Hopeful mysticism

Cynical dismissal
25 Which phrase implies that the speaker is watching her beloved from afar?

"That man"

"the heart in my chest on wings"

"I seem to me"

"when I look at you"

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