Heroes (poem) Quizzes

Heroes (poem) Quiz

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

Couplets

Sestets

Octaves
2 What was Hercules's final labor?
Kill the Nemean lion

Journey to the underworld

Catch and return Cerberus

Fight Apollo
3 Who is the speaker of the poem?
Aeneas

Robert Creeley

Hercules

Virgil
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

Homer

Shakespeare

Virgil
6 What is the meter of the poem?
Iambic trimeter

Dactylic hexameter

Iambic tetrameter

Free verse
7 Which of the following is a main theme of the poem?
History

War

Heroism

Animal cruelty
8 What does the Latin quote "hoc opus, hic labor est" mean?
"Therein lies the difficulty"

"That is the task, that is the labor"

"Deeds, not words"

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

Valor

Determination

Humanness
10 How many labors was Hercules assigned?
Five

Twelve

Ten

Two
11 When was the poem published?
1965

1960

1975

1950
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 his poetry is bad

By mocking Aeneas

By saying he is long dead

By saying he has never read his work
14 Who is Aeneas trying to see in the underworld?
Virgil

Achilles

Hercules

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

Solemn

Thoughtful but harsh

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 forces people into dull labor

Mortality can push heroes into action

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

Sibyl

Charon

Dido
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?
The destruction of Troy

Aeneas' death

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 missing his father

Because it shows him being lost

Because it shows him being vulnerable and mortal

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

The king of Mycanae

The Nimean lion

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

Ulysses

Hercules

Sibyl
23 Why does Creeley say he is the speaker of the poem and then mention Virgil?
To mock himself

To challenge Virgil's authority over hero narratives

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

To align himself with a certain poetic tradition
24 What collection was the poem first published in?
The Island

If You

For Love

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

Emily Dickinson

Virgil

Dante

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