Sappho Fragment 31 Quizzes

Sappho Fragment 31 Quiz

1 How does the speaker refer to their beloved?
In the first person

She doesn't refer to her

In the third person

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

He is almost a god

He is greater than a god

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

enjambment

parallelism

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

2 lines

1 line

3 lines
5 How many stanzas long is "Fragment 31"?
6

4

3

5
6 Which sense does the speaker NOT refer to?
touch

hearing

taste

sight
7 What language was "Fragment 31" originally written in?
Latin

English

Aramaic

Greek
8 Which of the following is NOT an example of alliteration used in Fragment 31?
smooth skin

greener than grass

sweet speaking

person of poverty
9 In which stanza of "Fragment 31" does the speaker never refer to herself in the first person?
3

2

1

4
10 How many periods are there in Carson's translation of "Fragment 31"?
2

4

0

1
11 Which best describes the speaker's relationship to the woman she refers to as "you"?
Platonic respect

Distant infatuation

Slighted lover

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

Romantic desire

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?
Alliteration

Irony

Enjambment

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

Dissociation

Time

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

Private journal entries

Read aloud

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

Anne Carson's discovery of it

A papyrus fragment

Longinus' quotation
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

Seeing her with the man

Looking at her beloved
20 Which best expresses the tone of the last line?
Content

Lamenting

Hopeful

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

Holds, Grips

Breaks, Disturbs

Grips, Grips
22 What is ultimately the most important relationship in "Fragment 31"?
The speaker and nature

The speaker and the man

The man and the beloved

The speaker and her body
23 Which stanza might be MOST accurately described as surreal?
1

4

3

2
24 Which of the following best speaks to "Fragment 31"s attitude towards love?
Hopeful mysticism

Profound confusion

Simple joy

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

"when I look at you"

"the heart in my chest on wings"

"That man"

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