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

She doesn't refer to her

In the third 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 equal to a god

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

alliteration

allusion

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

4 lines

3 lines

1 line
5 How many stanzas long is "Fragment 31"?
4

5

3

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

taste

hearing

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

Latin

Aramaic

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

person of poverty

sweet speaking

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

3

4

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

1

4

2
11 Which best describes the speaker's relationship to the woman she refers to as "you"?
Jealous resentment

Platonic respect

Distant infatuation

Slighted lover
12 Which best describes the speaker's relationship to the man?
Romantic desire

Jealous resentment

Indifferent admiration

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

To seem

To dare

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

Irony

Alliteration

Simile
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

Read aloud

Printed and distributed

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

Reference to the poem in Aristotle

Anne Carson's discovery of it

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

Far from

Opposite to

Holding
19 What causes the speaker to be struck dumb?
Seeing her with the man

Hearing her "sweet speaking"

One of the gods

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"
Holds, Grips

Breaks, Disturbs

Shakes, Holds

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

The speaker and the man

The speaker and her body

The speaker and nature
23 Which stanza might be MOST accurately described as surreal?
3

4

2

1
24 Which of the following best speaks to "Fragment 31"s attitude towards love?
Hopeful mysticism

Profound confusion

Cynical dismissal

Simple joy
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"

"I seem to me"

"That man"

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