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 second person

In the first person

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

He is equal to a god

He is almost a god

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

enjambment

alliteration

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

1 line

3 lines

2 lines
5 How many stanzas long is "Fragment 31"?
4

3

5

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

sight

touch

hearing
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?
sweet speaking

person of poverty

greener than grass

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

2

4

1
10 How many periods are there in Carson's translation of "Fragment 31"?
2

4

1

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

Slighted lover

Platonic respect

Distant infatuation
12 Which best describes the speaker's relationship to the man?
Indifferent admiration

Romantic desire

Jealous resentment

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?
Enjambment

Irony

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:
A papyrus fragment

Longinus' quotation

Reference to the poem in Aristotle

Anne Carson's discovery of it
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?
Hearing her "sweet speaking"

Looking at her beloved

One of the gods

Seeing her with the man
20 Which best expresses the tone of the last line?
Lamenting

Resigned

Content

Hopeful
21 "And cold sweat ___ me and shaking / ___me"
Shakes, Holds

Grips, Grips

Breaks, Disturbs

Holds, Grips
22 What is ultimately the most important relationship in "Fragment 31"?
The speaker and her body

The speaker and the man

The man and the beloved

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

1

4

3
24 Which of the following best speaks to "Fragment 31"s attitude towards love?
Simple joy

Profound confusion

Cynical dismissal

Hopeful mysticism
25 Which phrase implies that the speaker is watching her beloved from afar?
"That man"

"the heart in my chest on wings"

"when I look at you"

"I seem to me"

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