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 like a god

He is equal to 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?
2 lines

1 line

3 lines

4 lines
5 How many stanzas long is "Fragment 31"?
4

3

6

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

hearing

sight

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

Aramaic

Latin

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

person of poverty

greener than grass

smooth skin
9 In which stanza of "Fragment 31" does the speaker never refer to herself in the first person?
2

4

3

1
10 How many periods are there in Carson's translation of "Fragment 31"?
0

2

4

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

Jealous resentment

Romantic desire

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

To dare

To see

To seem
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"?
Transcendence

Time

Jealousy

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

Private journal entries

Read aloud

Printed and distributed
17 We have access to "Fragment 31" because of:
Anne Carson's discovery of it

A papyrus fragment

Reference to the poem in Aristotle

Longinus' quotation
18 In the first stanza, the man is ____ the speaker's beloved.
Holding

Watching

Far from

Opposite to
19 What causes the speaker to be struck dumb?
One of the gods

Hearing her "sweet speaking"

Looking at her beloved

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

Hopeful

Lamenting

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

Breaks, Disturbs

Shakes, Holds

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

The speaker and her body

The speaker and nature

The speaker and the man
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?
Cynical dismissal

Profound confusion

Simple joy

Hopeful mysticism
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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