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?

Kill the Nemean lion

Catch and return Cerberus

Fight Apollo

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

Virgil

Robert Creeley

Aeneas

Hercules
4 What scene from the Aeneid does Creeley depict?

The destruction of Troy

Aeneas's journey to the Underworld

Achilles's battle with Hector

Ulysses' return home
5 Who wrote the Aeneid?

Virgil

Homer

Dante

Shakespeare
6 What is the meter of the poem?

Dactylic hexameter

Iambic trimeter

Free verse

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

Animal cruelty

War

History

Heroism
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

Strength

Valor

Humanness
10 How many labors was Hercules assigned?

Five

Twelve

Ten

Two
11 When was the poem published?

1975

1960

1950

1965
12 What literary movement was Robert Creeley associated with?

The New York School

The Black Mountain poets

The Imagists

The Beat Generation
13 How does Creeley subtly criticize Virgil?

By saying his poetry is bad

By saying he has never read his work

By saying he is long dead

By mocking Aeneas
14 Who is Aeneas trying to see in the underworld?

Hercules

Virgil

His father

Achilles
15 What best characterizes the tone of the poem?

Thoughtful but harsh

Reverent

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?

Sibyl

Cerberus

Dido

Charon
18 What is the genre of the poem?

Heroic poetry

Ekphrasis

Pastoral poetry

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

The city of Rome

The destruction of Troy

Hercules' capture of Cerberus

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 missing his father

Because it shows him being afraid
21 Who is the guardian of the underworld?

The Nimean lion

Cerberus

The king of Mycanae

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

Aeneas

Sibyl

Ulysses

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 challenge Virgil's authority over hero narratives

To mock himself

To align himself with a certain poetic tradition
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?

Emily Dickinson

Dante

Charles Olson

Virgil

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