Heroes (poem) Quizzes

Heroes (poem) Quiz

1 What type of stanzas is the poem made up of?
Couplets

Quatrains

Octaves

Sestets
2 What was Hercules's final labor?
Catch and return Cerberus

Kill the Nemean lion

Fight Apollo

Journey to the underworld
3 Who is the speaker of the poem?
Virgil

Robert Creeley

Aeneas

Hercules
4 What scene from the Aeneid does Creeley depict?
Achilles's battle with Hector

Aeneas's journey to the Underworld

Ulysses' return home

The destruction of Troy
5 Who wrote the Aeneid?
Homer

Dante

Virgil

Shakespeare
6 What is the meter of the poem?
Free verse

Iambic trimeter

Dactylic hexameter

Iambic tetrameter
7 Which of the following is a main theme of the poem?
Animal cruelty

History

Heroism

War
8 What does the Latin quote "hoc opus, hic labor est" mean?
"That is the task, that is the labor"

"Therein lies the difficulty"

"Nothing comes from nothing"

"Deeds, not words"
9 What quality does Creeley prize in hero narratives?
Humanness

Strength

Determination

Valor
10 How many labors was Hercules assigned?
Twelve

Ten

Five

Two
11 When was the poem published?
1975

1960

1965

1950
12 What literary movement was Robert Creeley associated with?
The Beat Generation

The Black Mountain poets

The New York School

The Imagists
13 How does Creeley subtly criticize Virgil?
By saying he is long dead

By saying he has never read his work

By saying his poetry is bad

By mocking Aeneas
14 Who is Aeneas trying to see in the underworld?
Achilles

His father

Virgil

Hercules
15 What best characterizes the tone of the poem?
Thoughtful but harsh

Reverent

Solemn

Respectful but critical
16 What is the meaning of the line "death also / can still propose the old labors" in the poem?
Mortality forces people into dull labor

Mortality can push heroes into action

Poets should write about death more often

Hercules died after completing his tasks
17 Who is Aeneas's guide into the underworld?
Cerberus

Charon

Sibyl

Dido
18 What is the genre of the poem?
Ekphrasis

Heroic poetry

Sea shanty

Pastoral poetry
19 What does Aeneas's father have a vision of?
Aeneas' death

Hercules' capture of Cerberus

The destruction of Troy

The city of Rome
20 Why does Creeley single out Aeneas's trip to the underworld as the moment of "humanness" in the Aeneid?
Because it shows him being lost

Because it shows him being afraid

Because it shows him being vulnerable and mortal

Because it shows him missing his father
21 Who is the guardian of the underworld?
Cerberus

The Nimean lion

Apollo

The king of Mycanae
22 Which of the following figures is NOT referenced in the poem?
Aeneas

Sibyl

Ulysses

Hercules
23 Why does Creeley say he is the speaker of the poem and then mention Virgil?
To mock himself

To challenge Virgil's authority over hero narratives

To place his own work in the same category as Virgil's

To align himself with a certain poetic tradition
24 What collection was the poem first published in?
5 Numbers

If You

For Love

The Island
25 Which of the following poets was a noted contemporary of Creeley's?
Dante

Virgil

Emily Dickinson

Charles Olson

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