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 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"?
parallelism

allusion

alliteration

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

1 line

4 lines

2 lines
5 How many stanzas long is "Fragment 31"?
4

6

5

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

sight

taste

hearing
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

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?
1

4

2

3
10 How many periods are there in Carson's translation of "Fragment 31"?
4

1

0

2
11 Which best describes the speaker's relationship to the woman she refers to as "you"?
Jealous resentment

Platonic respect

Slighted lover

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

Romantic desire

Pity

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

To see

To seem

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

Enjambment

Simile

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

Private journal entries

Read aloud

Printed and distributed
17 We have access to "Fragment 31" because of:
Longinus' quotation

A papyrus fragment

Anne Carson's discovery of it

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

Far from

Holding

Opposite to
19 What causes the speaker to be struck dumb?
Hearing her "sweet speaking"

One of the gods

Looking at her beloved

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

Resigned

Hopeful

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

Breaks, Disturbs

Grips, Grips

Shakes, Holds
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?
4

3

2

1
24 Which of the following best speaks to "Fragment 31"s attitude towards love?
Simple joy

Hopeful mysticism

Cynical dismissal

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

"when I look at you"

"That man"

"the heart in my chest on wings"

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