Sappho Fragment 31 Quizzes

Sappho Fragment 31 Quiz

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

In the first person

In the second person

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

He is equal to 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"?
allusion

alliteration

enjambment

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

2 lines

3 lines

1 line
5 How many stanzas long is "Fragment 31"?
6

3

5

4
6 Which sense does the speaker NOT refer to?
taste

hearing

sight

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

Greek

English

Aramaic
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?
1

3

2

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

1

2

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

Slighted lover

Jealous resentment

Platonic respect
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 seem

To dare

To see

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

Simile

Irony

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

Dissociation

Time

Jealousy
16 Sappho's poetry was originally written to be:
Private journal entries

Performed to music

Printed and distributed

Read aloud
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.
Far from

Watching

Opposite to

Holding
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

Resigned

Hopeful

Lamenting
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 the man

The speaker and her body

The speaker and nature

The man and the beloved
23 Which stanza might be MOST accurately described as surreal?
1

4

2

3
24 Which of the following best speaks to "Fragment 31"s attitude towards love?
Profound confusion

Simple joy

Cynical dismissal

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

"That man"

"I seem to me"

"when I look at you"

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