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 second person

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

He is like 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

allusion

parallelism

enjambment
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"?
6

5

4

3
6 Which sense does the speaker NOT refer to?
touch

hearing

taste

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

Greek

Latin

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

smooth skin

person of poverty

greener than grass
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"?
1

2

0

4
11 Which best describes the speaker's relationship to the woman she refers to as "you"?
Platonic respect

Distant infatuation

Jealous resentment

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 seem

To laugh

To see

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

Enjambment

Alliteration

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

Time

Jealousy

Transcendence
16 Sappho's poetry was originally written to be:
Read aloud

Performed to music

Printed and distributed

Private journal entries
17 We have access to "Fragment 31" because of:
A papyrus fragment

Reference to the poem in Aristotle

Longinus' quotation

Anne Carson's discovery of it
18 In the first stanza, the man is ____ the speaker's beloved.
Far from

Watching

Opposite to

Holding
19 What causes the speaker to be struck dumb?
Seeing her with the man

One of the gods

Looking at her beloved

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

Hopeful

Lamenting

Resigned
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 man and the beloved

The speaker and nature

The speaker and the man

The speaker and her body
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?
Hopeful mysticism

Cynical dismissal

Profound confusion

Simple joy
25 Which phrase implies that the speaker is watching her beloved from afar?
"when I look at you"

"That man"

"the heart in my chest on wings"

"I seem to me"

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