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?

Journey to the underworld

Catch and return Cerberus

Fight Apollo

Kill the Nemean lion
3 Who is the speaker of the poem?

Virgil

Hercules

Robert Creeley

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?

Virgil

Dante

Homer

Shakespeare
6 What is the meter of the poem?

Iambic trimeter

Iambic tetrameter

Free verse

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

History

Heroism

Animal cruelty

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?

Determination

Humanness

Strength

Valor
10 How many labors was Hercules assigned?

Two

Twelve

Ten

Five
11 When was the poem published?

1965

1975

1950

1960
12 What literary movement was Robert Creeley associated with?

The Imagists

The Beat Generation

The Black Mountain poets

The New York School
13 How does Creeley subtly criticize Virgil?

By saying he has never read his work

By mocking Aeneas

By saying he is long dead

By saying his poetry is bad
14 Who is Aeneas trying to see in the underworld?

Hercules

His father

Virgil

Achilles
15 What best characterizes the tone of the poem?

Solemn

Thoughtful but harsh

Respectful but critical

Reverent
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

Hercules died after completing his tasks

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

Cerberus

Charon

Dido

Sibyl
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

Hercules' capture of Cerberus

The destruction of Troy

Aeneas' death
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

Apollo

The Nimean lion

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

Aeneas

Sibyl

Hercules

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

To mock himself

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

For Love

5 Numbers

If You

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

Charles Olson

Virgil

Dante

Emily Dickinson

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