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 almost a god

He is like a god

He is greater than a god

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

alliteration

allusion

parallelism

enjambment
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"?

5

3

4

6
6 Which sense does the speaker NOT refer to?

sight

taste

hearing

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

Latin

Aramaic

English

Greek
8 Which of the following is NOT an example of alliteration used in Fragment 31?

sweet speaking

smooth skin

person of poverty

greener than grass
9 In which stanza of "Fragment 31" does the speaker never refer to herself in the first person?

3

4

1

2
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

Distant infatuation

Slighted lover

Platonic respect
12 Which best describes the speaker's relationship to the man?

Jealous resentment

Romantic desire

Pity

Indifferent admiration
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?

Simile

Irony

Alliteration

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

Transcendence

Jealousy

Time

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

Read aloud

Performed to music

Printed and distributed

Private journal entries
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.

Opposite to

Watching

Far from

Holding
19 What causes the speaker to be struck dumb?

Looking at her beloved

Seeing her with the man

Hearing her "sweet speaking"

One of the gods
20 Which best expresses the tone of the last line?

Content

Hopeful

Resigned

Lamenting
21 "And cold sweat ___ me and shaking / ___me"

Shakes, Holds

Holds, Grips

Breaks, Disturbs

Grips, Grips
22 What is ultimately the most important relationship in "Fragment 31"?

The speaker and nature

The speaker and her body

The speaker and the man

The man and the beloved
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?

Simple joy

Cynical dismissal

Hopeful mysticism

Profound confusion
25 Which phrase implies that the speaker is watching her beloved from afar?

"the heart in my chest on wings"

"That man"

"when I look at you"

"I seem to me"

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