Heroes (poem) Quizzes

Heroes (poem) Quiz

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

Couplets

Octaves

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

Journey to the underworld

Catch and return Cerberus

Fight Apollo
3 Who is the speaker of the poem?
Robert Creeley

Hercules

Virgil

Aeneas
4 What scene from the Aeneid does Creeley depict?
Aeneas's journey to the Underworld

Ulysses' return home

The destruction of Troy

Achilles's battle with Hector
5 Who wrote the Aeneid?
Virgil

Shakespeare

Dante

Homer
6 What is the meter of the poem?
Iambic tetrameter

Dactylic hexameter

Free verse

Iambic trimeter
7 Which of the following is a main theme of the poem?
Heroism

War

Animal cruelty

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

"Nothing comes from nothing"

"Deeds, not words"

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

Humanness

Strength

Determination
10 How many labors was Hercules assigned?
Two

Twelve

Five

Ten
11 When was the poem published?
1950

1960

1965

1975
12 What literary movement was Robert Creeley associated with?
The Black Mountain poets

The Beat Generation

The Imagists

The New York School
13 How does Creeley subtly criticize Virgil?
By saying he has never read his work

By saying he is long dead

By mocking Aeneas

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

His father

Hercules

Virgil
15 What best characterizes the tone of the poem?
Respectful but critical

Reverent

Solemn

Thoughtful but harsh
16 What is the meaning of the line "death also / can still propose the old labors" in the poem?
Poets should write about death more often

Mortality forces people into dull labor

Mortality can push heroes into action

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

Sibyl

Dido

Cerberus
18 What is the genre of the poem?
Pastoral poetry

Ekphrasis

Sea shanty

Heroic poetry
19 What does Aeneas's father have a vision of?
The city of Rome

Aeneas' death

The destruction of Troy

Hercules' capture of Cerberus
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?
The king of Mycanae

Cerberus

The Nimean lion

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

Ulysses

Hercules

Sibyl
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 align himself with a certain poetic tradition

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

The Island

For Love

If You
25 Which of the following poets was a noted contemporary of Creeley's?
Charles Olson

Emily Dickinson

Dante

Virgil

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