Sappho Fragment 31 Quizzes

Sappho Fragment 31 Quiz

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

In the second person

In the third person

She doesn't refer to her
2 To the speaker, how does the man compare to a god?
He is greater than a god

He is equal to a god

He is like a god

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

alliteration

enjambment

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

2 lines

4 lines

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

4

5

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

hearing

touch

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

Aramaic

Greek

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

sweet speaking

greener than grass

smooth skin
9 In which stanza of "Fragment 31" does the speaker never refer to herself in the first person?
4

2

3

1
10 How many periods are there in Carson's translation of "Fragment 31"?
4

2

1

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

Distant infatuation

Slighted lover

Platonic respect
12 Which best describes the speaker's relationship to the man?
Indifferent admiration

Jealous resentment

Romantic desire

Pity
13 Which verb appears twice, both at the beginning and towards the end of "Fragment 31"?
To see

To laugh

To seem

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

Simile

Alliteration

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

Time

Jealousy

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

Read aloud

Private journal entries

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

Reference to the poem in Aristotle

A papyrus fragment

Anne Carson's discovery of it
18 In the first stanza, the man is ____ the speaker's beloved.
Far from

Holding

Watching

Opposite to
19 What causes the speaker to be struck dumb?
Looking at her beloved

One of the gods

Hearing her "sweet speaking"

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

Content

Lamenting

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

Holds, Grips

Grips, Grips

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

The speaker and her body

The man and the beloved

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?
Simple joy

Cynical dismissal

Hopeful mysticism

Profound confusion
25 Which phrase implies that the speaker is watching her beloved from afar?
"the heart in my chest on wings"

"That man"

"when I look at you"

"I seem to me"

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