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

She doesn't refer to her

In the first person
2 To the speaker, how does the man compare to a god?

He is like a god

He is greater than a god

He is almost a god

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

alliteration

enjambment

allusion

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

4 lines

1 line

2 lines

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

3

5

6

4
6 Which sense does the speaker NOT refer to?

hearing

taste

sight

touch
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?

greener than grass

smooth skin

sweet speaking

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

2

1

4

3
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

Platonic respect

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 dare

To see

To laugh

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

Simile

Alliteration

Enjambment

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

Jealousy

Transcendence

Time

Dissociation
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.

Opposite to

Holding

Far from

Watching
19 What causes the speaker to be struck dumb?

Looking at her beloved

One of the gods

Seeing her with the man

Hearing her "sweet speaking"
20 Which best expresses the tone of the last line?

Resigned

Hopeful

Content

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

Grips, Grips

Shakes, Holds

Breaks, Disturbs

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

The speaker and nature

The man and the beloved

The speaker and her body

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

3

1

2

4
24 Which of the following best speaks to "Fragment 31"s attitude towards love?

Simple joy

Profound confusion

Hopeful mysticism

Cynical dismissal
25 Which phrase implies that the speaker is watching her beloved from afar?

"I seem to me"

"That man"

"the heart in my chest on wings"

"when I look at you"

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