Sappho Fragment 31 Quizzes

Sappho Fragment 31 Quiz

1 How does the speaker refer to their beloved?

In the third person

She doesn't refer to her

In the second person

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 equal to a god

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

alliteration

allusion

enjambment

parallelism
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"?

3

4

5

6
6 Which sense does the speaker NOT refer to?

taste

sight

touch

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

English

Aramaic

Greek

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

sweet speaking

smooth skin

person of poverty

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

4

2

1

3
10 How many periods are there in Carson's translation of "Fragment 31"?

2

1

0

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

Slighted lover

Distant infatuation

Jealous resentment

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

Pity

Indifferent admiration

Jealous resentment

Romantic desire
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?

Irony

Enjambment

Alliteration

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

Time

Dissociation

Jealousy

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

Printed and distributed

Read aloud

Private journal entries

Performed to music
17 We have access to "Fragment 31" because of:

Anne Carson's discovery of it

Reference to the poem in Aristotle

A papyrus fragment

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

Holding

Far from

Watching

Opposite to
19 What causes the speaker to be struck dumb?

Looking at her beloved

One of the gods

Hearing her "sweet speaking"

Seeing her with the man
20 Which best expresses the tone of the last line?

Lamenting

Resigned

Content

Hopeful
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 man and the beloved

The speaker and her body

The speaker and the man

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

1

4

2

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

Simple joy

Profound confusion

Hopeful mysticism

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"

"when I look at you"

"That man"

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