Sappho Fragment 31 Quizzes

Sappho Fragment 31 Quiz

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

In the third person

In the first 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 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"?
enjambment

parallelism

alliteration

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

4 lines

3 lines

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

6

3

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

taste

hearing

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

Greek

Latin

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

smooth skin

greener than grass

sweet speaking
9 In which stanza of "Fragment 31" does the speaker never refer to herself in the first person?
3

4

2

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

0

2

1
11 Which best describes the speaker's relationship to the woman she refers to as "you"?
Jealous resentment

Distant infatuation

Platonic respect

Slighted lover
12 Which best describes the speaker's relationship to the man?
Indifferent admiration

Romantic desire

Jealous resentment

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

To dare

To seem

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

Enjambment

Simile

Alliteration
15 Which is NOT a theme of "Fragment 31"?
Dissociation

Time

Jealousy

Transcendence
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

Longinus' quotation

A papyrus fragment

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

Holding

Far from

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

Hearing her "sweet speaking"

One of the gods

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

Content

Hopeful

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

Holds, Grips

Grips, Grips

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

The speaker and the man

The speaker and nature

The speaker and her body
23 Which stanza might be MOST accurately described as surreal?
1

2

4

3
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?
"the heart in my chest on wings"

"I seem to me"

"when I look at you"

"That man"

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