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?

Journey to the underworld

Kill the Nemean lion

Fight Apollo

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?

Homer

Shakespeare

Virgil

Dante
6 What is the meter of the poem?

Iambic tetrameter

Free verse

Dactylic hexameter

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

War

Heroism

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"

"Therein lies the difficulty"

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

Humanness

Valor

Strength

Determination
10 How many labors was Hercules assigned?

Ten

Two

Twelve

Five
11 When was the poem published?

1950

1965

1975

1960
12 What literary movement was Robert Creeley associated with?

The Imagists

The Black Mountain poets

The Beat Generation

The New York School
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?

His father

Virgil

Achilles

Hercules
15 What best characterizes the tone of the poem?

Reverent

Thoughtful but harsh

Solemn

Respectful but critical
16 What is the meaning of the line "death also / can still propose the old labors" in the poem?

Hercules died after completing his tasks

Mortality forces people into dull labor

Poets should write about death more often

Mortality can push heroes into action
17 Who is Aeneas's guide into the underworld?

Dido

Cerberus

Charon

Sibyl
18 What is the genre of the poem?

Heroic poetry

Sea shanty

Pastoral poetry

Ekphrasis
19 What does Aeneas's father have a vision of?

Aeneas' death

The destruction of Troy

Hercules' capture of Cerberus

The city of Rome
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?

The Nimean lion

Apollo

The king of Mycanae

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

Ulysses

Aeneas

Sibyl

Hercules
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?

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

Virgil

Dante

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