Heroes (poem) Quizzes

Heroes (poem) Quiz

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

Couplets

Octaves

Quatrains

Sestets
2 What was Hercules's final labor?

Fight Apollo

Catch and return Cerberus

Kill the Nemean lion

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

Virgil

Hercules

Robert Creeley

Aeneas
4 What scene from the Aeneid does Creeley depict?

Achilles's battle with Hector

Aeneas's journey to the Underworld

Ulysses' return home

The destruction of Troy
5 Who wrote the Aeneid?

Dante

Shakespeare

Virgil

Homer
6 What is the meter of the poem?

Free verse

Iambic tetrameter

Dactylic hexameter

Iambic trimeter
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?

"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?

Determination

Valor

Humanness

Strength
10 How many labors was Hercules assigned?

Twelve

Two

Ten

Five
11 When was the poem published?

1950

1965

1960

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 mocking Aeneas

By saying he is long dead

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

Achilles

Hercules

Virgil

His father
15 What best characterizes the tone of the poem?

Thoughtful but harsh

Reverent

Respectful but critical

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

Mortality can push heroes into action

Mortality forces people into dull labor

Poets should write about death more often

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

Charon

Dido

Cerberus

Sibyl
18 What is the genre of the poem?

Heroic poetry

Pastoral poetry

Sea shanty

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

Hercules' capture of Cerberus

Aeneas' death

The destruction of Troy

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 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?

Cerberus

The Nimean lion

Apollo

The king of Mycanae
22 Which of the following figures is NOT referenced in the poem?

Sibyl

Hercules

Aeneas

Ulysses
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?

5 Numbers

The Island

For Love

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

Virgil

Emily Dickinson

Charles Olson

Dante

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