Heroes (poem) Quizzes

Heroes (poem) Quiz

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

Couplets

Quatrains

Octaves
2 What was Hercules's final labor?
Fight Apollo

Journey to the underworld

Kill the Nemean lion

Catch and return Cerberus
3 Who is the speaker of the poem?
Hercules

Virgil

Robert Creeley

Aeneas
4 What scene from the Aeneid does Creeley depict?
Ulysses' return home

Aeneas's journey to the Underworld

Achilles's battle with Hector

The destruction of Troy
5 Who wrote the Aeneid?
Homer

Virgil

Shakespeare

Dante
6 What is the meter of the poem?
Iambic tetrameter

Free verse

Iambic trimeter

Dactylic hexameter
7 Which of the following is a main theme of the poem?
Animal cruelty

War

Heroism

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

"Deeds, not words"

"Nothing comes from nothing"

"That is the task, that is the labor"
9 What quality does Creeley prize in hero narratives?
Determination

Valor

Humanness

Strength
10 How many labors was Hercules assigned?
Ten

Two

Twelve

Five
11 When was the poem published?
1950

1965

1960

1975
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 saying he has never read his work

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

His father

Hercules

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

Thoughtful but harsh

Respectful but critical

Reverent
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

Mortality can push heroes into action

Hercules died after completing his tasks

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

Cerberus

Charon

Dido
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?
Hercules' capture of Cerberus

The city of Rome

Aeneas' death

The destruction of Troy
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?
Apollo

The Nimean lion

Cerberus

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

Sibyl

Hercules

Aeneas
23 Why does Creeley say he is the speaker of the poem and then mention Virgil?
To challenge Virgil's authority over hero narratives

To align himself with a certain poetic tradition

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

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

The Island

If You

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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