Sappho Fragment 31 Quizzes

Sappho Fragment 31 Quiz

1 How does the speaker refer to their beloved?

In the third person

In the first person

She doesn't refer to her

In the second person
2 To the speaker, how does the man compare to a god?

He is almost a god

He is like a god

He is greater than a god

He is equal to 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?

1 line

4 lines

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?

touch

hearing

sight

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

Aramaic

English

Greek

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

greener than grass

sweet speaking

person of poverty

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

4

1

2

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

4

1

2

0
11 Which best describes the speaker's relationship to the woman she refers to as "you"?

Platonic respect

Jealous resentment

Slighted lover

Distant infatuation
12 Which best describes the speaker's relationship to the man?

Pity

Jealous resentment

Romantic desire

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

To see

To dare

To seem

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

Alliteration

Enjambment

Irony

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

Transcendence

Time

Jealousy

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:

A papyrus fragment

Anne Carson's discovery of it

Reference to the poem in Aristotle

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

Holding

Opposite to

Watching

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

One of the gods

Looking at her beloved

Hearing her "sweet speaking"

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

Hopeful

Lamenting

Content

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

Grips, Grips

Holds, Grips

Breaks, Disturbs

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

The speaker and the man

The speaker and nature

The man and the beloved

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

4

1

2

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?

"when I look at you"

"the heart in my chest on wings"

"That man"

"I seem to me"

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