Heroes (poem) Quizzes

Heroes (poem) Quiz

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

Couplets

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?
Aeneas

Hercules

Robert Creeley

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

Ulysses' return home

Aeneas's journey to the Underworld

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

Homer

Virgil

Shakespeare
6 What is the meter of the poem?
Dactylic hexameter

Iambic tetrameter

Free verse

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

Heroism

History

War
8 What does the Latin quote "hoc opus, hic labor est" mean?
"Deeds, not words"

"Therein lies the difficulty"

"That is the task, that is the labor"

"Nothing comes from nothing"
9 What quality does Creeley prize in hero narratives?
Valor

Strength

Determination

Humanness
10 How many labors was Hercules assigned?
Ten

Two

Twelve

Five
11 When was the poem published?
1960

1950

1965

1975
12 What literary movement was Robert Creeley associated with?
The Imagists

The New York School

The Black Mountain poets

The Beat Generation
13 How does Creeley subtly criticize Virgil?
By saying his poetry is bad

By mocking Aeneas

By saying he has never read his work

By saying he is long dead
14 Who is Aeneas trying to see in the underworld?
His father

Virgil

Hercules

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

Reverent

Respectful but critical

Thoughtful but harsh
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

Poets should write about death more often

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

Charon

Dido

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?
The destruction of Troy

The city of Rome

Aeneas' death

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 being afraid

Because it shows him being lost

Because it shows him missing his father

Because it shows him being vulnerable and mortal
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?
Hercules

Ulysses

Aeneas

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 mock himself

To challenge Virgil's authority over hero narratives
24 What collection was the poem first published in?
The Island

5 Numbers

For Love

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

Virgil

Emily Dickinson

Charles Olson

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