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?

Journey to the underworld

Fight Apollo

Kill the Nemean lion

Catch and return Cerberus
3 Who is the speaker of the poem?

Virgil

Robert Creeley

Hercules

Aeneas
4 What scene from the Aeneid does Creeley depict?

Achilles's battle with Hector

Ulysses' return home

Aeneas's journey to the Underworld

The destruction of Troy
5 Who wrote the Aeneid?

Shakespeare

Dante

Homer

Virgil
6 What is the meter of the poem?

Iambic tetrameter

Free verse

Iambic trimeter

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"

"That is the task, that is the labor"

"Nothing comes from nothing"

"Therein lies the difficulty"
9 What quality does Creeley prize in hero narratives?

Valor

Strength

Determination

Humanness
10 How many labors was Hercules assigned?

Ten

Five

Twelve

Two
11 When was the poem published?

1965

1950

1960

1975
12 What literary movement was Robert Creeley associated with?

The Imagists

The Beat Generation

The New York School

The Black Mountain poets
13 How does Creeley subtly criticize Virgil?

By saying he has never read his work

By saying his poetry is bad

By saying he is long dead

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

Hercules

Virgil

His father

Achilles
15 What best characterizes the tone of the poem?

Solemn

Reverent

Thoughtful but harsh

Respectful but critical
16 What is the meaning of the line "death also / can still propose the old labors" in the poem?

Mortality can push heroes into action

Mortality forces people into dull labor

Hercules died after completing his tasks

Poets should write about death more often
17 Who is Aeneas's guide into the underworld?

Cerberus

Dido

Sibyl

Charon
18 What is the genre of the poem?

Pastoral poetry

Sea shanty

Heroic poetry

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

The city of Rome

Aeneas' death

Hercules' capture of Cerberus

The destruction of Troy
20 Why does Creeley single out Aeneas's trip to the underworld as the moment of "humanness" in the Aeneid?

Because it shows him missing his father

Because it shows him being afraid

Because it shows him being vulnerable and mortal

Because it shows him being lost
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

Hercules

Ulysses

Sibyl
23 Why does Creeley say he is the speaker of the poem and then mention Virgil?

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

To challenge Virgil's authority over hero narratives

To align himself with a certain poetic tradition

To mock himself
24 What collection was the poem first published in?

The Island

5 Numbers

If You

For Love
25 Which of the following poets was a noted contemporary of Creeley's?

Charles Olson

Emily Dickinson

Virgil

Dante

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