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

Fight Apollo

Catch and return Cerberus

Kill the Nemean lion
3 Who is the speaker of the poem?
Robert Creeley

Virgil

Aeneas

Hercules
4 What scene from the Aeneid does Creeley depict?
Aeneas's journey to the Underworld

Achilles's battle with Hector

The destruction of Troy

Ulysses' return home
5 Who wrote the Aeneid?
Shakespeare

Dante

Virgil

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

Dactylic hexameter

Free verse

Iambic tetrameter
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?
Determination

Valor

Strength

Humanness
10 How many labors was Hercules assigned?
Five

Ten

Twelve

Two
11 When was the poem published?
1975

1950

1960

1965
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 saying he is long dead

By mocking Aeneas

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

His father

Hercules

Virgil
15 What best characterizes the tone of the poem?
Reverent

Thoughtful but harsh

Respectful but critical

Solemn
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

Hercules died after completing his tasks

Mortality can push heroes into action

Poets should write about death more often
17 Who is Aeneas's guide into the underworld?
Cerberus

Sibyl

Dido

Charon
18 What is the genre of the poem?
Sea shanty

Heroic poetry

Ekphrasis

Pastoral poetry
19 What does Aeneas's father have a vision of?
The city of Rome

The destruction of Troy

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 missing his father

Because it shows him being vulnerable and mortal

Because it shows him being lost

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

Cerberus

The Nimean lion

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

Ulysses

Hercules

Aeneas
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 align himself with a certain poetic tradition

To mock himself
24 What collection was the poem first published in?
For Love

If You

The Island

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

Charles Olson

Dante

Emily Dickinson

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