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 first person

In the third person

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

He is greater than a god

He is equal to a god

He is like a god

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

parallelism

allusion

enjambment

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

3 lines

2 lines

4 lines

1 line
5 How many stanzas long is "Fragment 31"?

3

5

6

4
6 Which sense does the speaker NOT refer to?

taste

touch

sight

hearing
7 What language was "Fragment 31" originally written in?

Latin

Aramaic

Greek

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

greener than grass

smooth skin

person of poverty

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

1

4

2

3
10 How many periods are there in Carson's translation of "Fragment 31"?

2

1

4

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

Jealous resentment

Slighted lover

Distant infatuation

Platonic respect
12 Which best describes the speaker's relationship to the man?

Pity

Jealous resentment

Indifferent admiration

Romantic desire
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

Alliteration

Irony

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

Dissociation

Jealousy

Transcendence

Time
16 Sappho's poetry was originally written to be:

Read aloud

Printed and distributed

Private journal entries

Performed to music
17 We have access to "Fragment 31" because of:

Reference to the poem in Aristotle

A papyrus fragment

Anne Carson's discovery of it

Longinus' quotation
18 In the first stanza, the man is ____ the speaker's beloved.

Watching

Far from

Holding

Opposite to
19 What causes the speaker to be struck dumb?

One of the gods

Seeing her with the man

Hearing her "sweet speaking"

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

Resigned

Lamenting

Content

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

Shakes, Holds

Breaks, Disturbs

Holds, Grips

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

The man and the beloved

The speaker and nature

The speaker and her body

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

2

3

4

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

Simple joy

Cynical dismissal

Hopeful mysticism

Profound confusion
25 Which phrase implies that the speaker is watching her beloved from afar?

"That man"

"when I look at you"

"I seem to me"

"the heart in my chest on wings"

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