Heroes (poem) Quizzes

Heroes (poem) Quiz

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

Octaves

Sestets

Quatrains
2 What was Hercules's final labor?
Fight Apollo

Kill the Nemean lion

Catch and return Cerberus

Journey to the underworld
3 Who is the speaker of the poem?
Virgil

Hercules

Aeneas

Robert Creeley
4 What scene from the Aeneid does Creeley depict?
Ulysses' return home

Aeneas's journey to the Underworld

The destruction of Troy

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

Virgil

Homer

Shakespeare
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?
History

Animal cruelty

Heroism

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

"Therein lies the difficulty"

"Nothing comes from nothing"

"Deeds, not words"
9 What quality does Creeley prize in hero narratives?
Strength

Valor

Humanness

Determination
10 How many labors was Hercules assigned?
Twelve

Two

Five

Ten
11 When was the poem published?
1960

1965

1975

1950
12 What literary movement was Robert Creeley associated with?
The Beat Generation

The Black Mountain poets

The New York School

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?
Virgil

His father

Achilles

Hercules
15 What best characterizes the tone of the poem?
Solemn

Thoughtful but harsh

Reverent

Respectful but critical
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 can push heroes into action

Hercules died after completing his tasks

Mortality forces people into dull labor
17 Who is Aeneas's guide into the underworld?
Dido

Charon

Cerberus

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

Sea shanty

Ekphrasis

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

The destruction of Troy

The city of Rome

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 afraid

Because it shows him being lost

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?
Aeneas

Hercules

Ulysses

Sibyl
23 Why does Creeley say he is the speaker of the poem and then mention Virgil?
To align himself with a certain poetic tradition

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

To challenge Virgil's authority over hero narratives

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

For Love

If You

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

Dante

Virgil

Charles Olson

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