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

In the third person

She doesn't refer to her
2 To the speaker, how does the man compare to a god?
He is equal to a god

He is almost a god

He is greater than a god

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

allusion

enjambment

parallelism
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"?
4

6

3

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

sight

hearing

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

Latin

English

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

greener than grass

smooth skin

sweet speaking
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"?
1

4

2

0
11 Which best describes the speaker's relationship to the woman she refers to as "you"?
Platonic respect

Jealous resentment

Slighted lover

Distant infatuation
12 Which best describes the speaker's relationship to the man?
Jealous resentment

Pity

Indifferent admiration

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

To see

To laugh

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

Enjambment

Alliteration

Simile
15 Which is NOT a theme of "Fragment 31"?
Time

Transcendence

Jealousy

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

Read aloud

Performed to music

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.
Far from

Watching

Holding

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

One of the gods

Hearing her "sweet speaking"

Looking at her beloved
20 Which best expresses the tone of the last line?
Content

Resigned

Hopeful

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

Holds, Grips

Breaks, Disturbs

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

3

2

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

Simple joy

Profound confusion

Hopeful mysticism
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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