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 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

enjambment

allusion

parallelism
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"?
4

5

6

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

touch

sight

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

Latin

Greek

English
8 Which of the following is NOT an example of alliteration used in Fragment 31?
person of poverty

sweet speaking

smooth skin

greener than grass
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"?
1

4

0

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

Platonic respect

Jealous resentment

Slighted lover
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 seem

To see

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

Simile

Alliteration

Irony
15 Which is NOT a theme of "Fragment 31"?
Jealousy

Transcendence

Time

Dissociation
16 Sappho's poetry was originally written to be:
Read aloud

Printed and distributed

Private journal entries

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

Longinus' quotation

Anne Carson's discovery of it

A papyrus fragment
18 In the first stanza, the man is ____ the speaker's beloved.
Far from

Opposite to

Watching

Holding
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?
Content

Resigned

Hopeful

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

Shakes, Holds

Holds, Grips

Breaks, Disturbs
22 What is ultimately the most important relationship in "Fragment 31"?
The man and the beloved

The speaker and nature

The speaker and her body

The speaker and the man
23 Which stanza might be MOST accurately described as surreal?
3

1

2

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

Simple joy

Hopeful mysticism

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

"That man"

"when I look at you"

"the heart in my chest on wings"

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