Heroes (poem) Quizzes

Heroes (poem) Quiz

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

Sestets

Octaves

Quatrains
2 What was Hercules's final labor?
Journey to the underworld

Catch and return Cerberus

Kill the Nemean lion

Fight Apollo
3 Who is the speaker of the poem?
Virgil

Aeneas

Robert Creeley

Hercules
4 What scene from the Aeneid does Creeley depict?
The destruction of Troy

Aeneas's journey to the Underworld

Achilles's battle with Hector

Ulysses' return home
5 Who wrote the Aeneid?
Homer

Virgil

Dante

Shakespeare
6 What is the meter of the poem?
Iambic trimeter

Free verse

Iambic tetrameter

Dactylic hexameter
7 Which of the following is a main theme of the poem?
Heroism

War

History

Animal cruelty
8 What does the Latin quote "hoc opus, hic labor est" mean?
"Deeds, not words"

"Therein lies the difficulty"

"Nothing comes from nothing"

"That is the task, that is the labor"
9 What quality does Creeley prize in hero narratives?
Humanness

Determination

Strength

Valor
10 How many labors was Hercules assigned?
Two

Five

Ten

Twelve
11 When was the poem published?
1960

1965

1975

1950
12 What literary movement was Robert Creeley associated with?
The New York School

The Black Mountain poets

The Imagists

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

By saying his poetry is bad

By mocking Aeneas

By saying he has never read his work
14 Who is Aeneas trying to see in the underworld?
Achilles

Virgil

His father

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

Solemn

Reverent

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?
Sibyl

Dido

Cerberus

Charon
18 What is the genre of the poem?
Sea shanty

Heroic poetry

Pastoral poetry

Ekphrasis
19 What does Aeneas's father have a vision of?
Hercules' capture of Cerberus

Aeneas' death

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 vulnerable and mortal

Because it shows him being lost

Because it shows him being afraid

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

The Nimean lion

The king of Mycanae

Apollo
22 Which of the following figures is NOT referenced in the poem?
Sibyl

Ulysses

Aeneas

Hercules
23 Why does Creeley say he is the speaker of the poem and then mention Virgil?
To challenge Virgil's authority over hero narratives

To mock himself

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?
If You

The Island

For Love

5 Numbers
25 Which of the following poets was a noted contemporary of Creeley's?
Dante

Virgil

Emily Dickinson

Charles Olson

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