Sappho Fragment 31 Quizzes

Sappho Fragment 31 Quiz

1 How does the speaker refer to their beloved?
She doesn't refer to her

In the third person

In the first person

In the second person
2 To the speaker, how does the man compare to a god?
He is like a god

He is almost 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

parallelism

enjambment

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

4 lines

1 line

2 lines
5 How many stanzas long is "Fragment 31"?
6

3

5

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

sight

hearing

taste
7 What language was "Fragment 31" originally written in?
Aramaic

Latin

Greek

English
8 Which of the following is NOT an example of alliteration used in Fragment 31?
sweet speaking

smooth skin

greener than grass

person of poverty
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

1

0

2
11 Which best describes the speaker's relationship to the woman she refers to as "you"?
Platonic respect

Slighted lover

Jealous resentment

Distant infatuation
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 dare

To laugh

To see

To seem
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"?
Dissociation

Time

Jealousy

Transcendence
16 Sappho's poetry was originally written to be:
Printed and distributed

Performed to music

Read aloud

Private journal entries
17 We have access to "Fragment 31" because of:
Anne Carson's discovery of it

Longinus' quotation

A papyrus fragment

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

Far from

Opposite to

Watching
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?
Hopeful

Lamenting

Content

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

Breaks, Disturbs

Shakes, Holds

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

The speaker and her body

The speaker and the man

The speaker and nature
23 Which stanza might be MOST accurately described as surreal?
2

1

3

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

Hopeful mysticism

Cynical dismissal

Simple joy
25 Which phrase implies that the speaker is watching her beloved from afar?
"I seem to me"

"the heart in my chest on wings"

"when I look at you"

"That man"

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