Sappho Fragment 31 Quizzes

Sappho Fragment 31 Quiz

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

In the third person

She doesn't refer to her

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

He is greater than a god

He is equal to a god

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

allusion

alliteration

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

4 lines

3 lines

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

4

5

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

hearing

taste

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

Aramaic

English

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

person of poverty

smooth skin

greener than grass
9 In which stanza of "Fragment 31" does the speaker never refer to herself in the first person?
3

1

4

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"?
Distant infatuation

Platonic respect

Jealous resentment

Slighted lover
12 Which best describes the speaker's relationship to the man?
Jealous resentment

Indifferent admiration

Romantic desire

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

To laugh

To seem

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

Alliteration

Enjambment

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

Transcendence

Time

Jealousy
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:
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.
Far from

Opposite to

Holding

Watching
19 What causes the speaker to be struck dumb?
Hearing her "sweet speaking"

One of the gods

Seeing her with the man

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

Hopeful

Lamenting

Resigned
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 the man

The speaker and nature

The speaker and her body

The man and the beloved
23 Which stanza might be MOST accurately described as surreal?
2

3

1

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

Cynical dismissal

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"

"I seem to me"

"when I look at you"

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