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 second person

In the third person

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

He is greater than a god

He is almost a god

He is like a god

He is equal to 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

2 lines

1 line

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

3

6

5

4
6 Which sense does the speaker NOT refer to?

taste

sight

hearing

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

Aramaic

Greek

Latin

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

smooth skin

person of poverty

sweet speaking

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

3

4

1

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

1

4

2

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

Slighted lover

Jealous resentment

Platonic respect

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

Romantic desire

Jealous resentment

Pity

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

To seem

To laugh

To dare

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

Irony

Alliteration

Simile

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

Jealousy

Transcendence

Time

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

Read aloud

Private journal entries

Printed and distributed

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

Reference to the poem in Aristotle

Anne Carson's discovery of it

Longinus' quotation

A papyrus fragment
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?

One of the gods

Hearing her "sweet speaking"

Seeing her with the man

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

Resigned

Content

Lamenting

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

Grips, Grips

Holds, Grips

Shakes, Holds

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

The speaker and nature

The speaker and her body

The speaker and the man

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

3

1

4

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

Simple joy

Hopeful mysticism

Profound confusion

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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