Heroes (poem) Quizzes

Heroes (poem) Quiz

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

Couplets

Quatrains

Sestets
2 What was Hercules's final labor?
Kill the Nemean lion

Fight Apollo

Journey to the underworld

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

Aeneas

Virgil

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

Ulysses' return home

Achilles's battle with Hector

Aeneas's journey to the Underworld
5 Who wrote the Aeneid?
Virgil

Homer

Shakespeare

Dante
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

Animal cruelty

History

War
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?
Strength

Valor

Humanness

Determination
10 How many labors was Hercules assigned?
Two

Ten

Five

Twelve
11 When was the poem published?
1975

1965

1950

1960
12 What literary movement was Robert Creeley associated with?
The New York School

The Beat Generation

The Black Mountain poets

The Imagists
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?
Hercules

Virgil

His father

Achilles
15 What best characterizes the tone of the poem?
Reverent

Respectful but critical

Thoughtful but harsh

Solemn
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?
Charon

Dido

Cerberus

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

Ekphrasis

Heroic poetry

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

Aeneas' death

The city of Rome

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 vulnerable and mortal

Because it shows him being afraid

Because it shows him being lost
21 Who is the guardian of the underworld?
Cerberus

Apollo

The king of Mycanae

The Nimean lion
22 Which of the following figures is NOT referenced in the poem?
Sibyl

Hercules

Ulysses

Aeneas
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 align himself with a certain poetic tradition

To challenge Virgil's authority over hero narratives

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

If You

5 Numbers

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

Dante

Emily Dickinson

Charles Olson

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