Sappho Fragment 31 Quizzes

Sappho Fragment 31 Quiz

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

In the first 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 like a god

He is equal to a god

He is greater than a god

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

enjambment

alliteration

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

1 line

4 lines

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

3

6

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

taste

hearing

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

English

Latin

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

greener than grass

sweet speaking

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

4

1

3
10 How many periods are there in Carson's translation of "Fragment 31"?
4

2

0

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

Slighted lover

Distant infatuation

Jealous resentment
12 Which best describes the speaker's relationship to the man?
Indifferent admiration

Pity

Romantic desire

Jealous resentment
13 Which verb appears twice, both at the beginning and towards the end of "Fragment 31"?
To dare

To seem

To see

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

Irony

Simile

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

Time

Transcendence

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:
A papyrus fragment

Anne Carson's discovery of it

Longinus' quotation

Reference to the poem in Aristotle
18 In the first stanza, the man is ____ the speaker's beloved.
Watching

Holding

Opposite to

Far from
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

Lamenting

Content

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

Breaks, Disturbs

Grips, Grips

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

The speaker and the man

The speaker and her body

The man and the beloved
23 Which stanza might be MOST accurately described as surreal?
4

1

3

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?
"the heart in my chest on wings"

"when I look at you"

"That man"

"I seem to me"

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