Sappho Fragment 31 Quizzes

Sappho Fragment 31 Quiz

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

She doesn't refer to her

In the second person

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

He is greater than a god

He is almost a god

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

parallelism

allusion

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

3 lines

4 lines

1 line
5 How many stanzas long is "Fragment 31"?
6

4

5

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

touch

taste

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

English

Aramaic

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?
2

3

1

4
10 How many periods are there in Carson's translation of "Fragment 31"?
0

2

1

4
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?
Romantic desire

Jealous resentment

Pity

Indifferent admiration
13 Which verb appears twice, both at the beginning and towards the end of "Fragment 31"?
To seem

To dare

To laugh

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

Simile

Irony

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

Jealousy

Transcendence

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

Read aloud

Private journal entries

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

Reference to the poem in Aristotle

A papyrus fragment

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

Watching

Opposite to

Far from
19 What causes the speaker to be struck dumb?
Looking at her beloved

Seeing her with the man

One of the gods

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

Resigned

Lamenting

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

Breaks, Disturbs

Shakes, Holds

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

The speaker and nature

The speaker and the man

The man and the beloved
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?
Cynical dismissal

Simple joy

Profound confusion

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

"I seem to me"

"the heart in my chest on wings"

"That man"

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