Heroes (poem) Quizzes

Heroes (poem) Quiz

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

Couplets

Quatrains

Sestets

Octaves
2 What was Hercules's final labor?

Kill the Nemean lion

Fight Apollo

Journey to the underworld

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

Hercules

Robert Creeley

Aeneas

Virgil
4 What scene from the Aeneid does Creeley depict?

Aeneas's journey to the Underworld

Achilles's battle with Hector

Ulysses' return home

The destruction of Troy
5 Who wrote the Aeneid?

Virgil

Dante

Shakespeare

Homer
6 What is the meter of the poem?

Iambic tetrameter

Iambic trimeter

Free verse

Dactylic hexameter
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?

"That is the task, that is the labor"

"Therein lies the difficulty"

"Deeds, not words"

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

Humanness

Strength

Valor

Determination
10 How many labors was Hercules assigned?

Two

Ten

Five

Twelve
11 When was the poem published?

1965

1950

1975

1960
12 What literary movement was Robert Creeley associated with?

The Beat Generation

The Imagists

The Black Mountain poets

The New York School
13 How does Creeley subtly criticize Virgil?

By mocking Aeneas

By saying his poetry is bad

By saying he has never read his work

By saying he is long dead
14 Who is Aeneas trying to see in the underworld?

Achilles

Hercules

His father

Virgil
15 What best characterizes the tone of the poem?

Solemn

Reverent

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?

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?

Sibyl

Charon

Cerberus

Dido
18 What is the genre of the poem?

Pastoral poetry

Ekphrasis

Sea shanty

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

The city of Rome

Hercules' capture of Cerberus

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 afraid

Because it shows him being vulnerable and mortal

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

Apollo

Cerberus

The king of Mycanae

The Nimean lion
22 Which of the following figures is NOT referenced in the poem?

Sibyl

Aeneas

Hercules

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

For Love

If You

The Island
25 Which of the following poets was a noted contemporary of Creeley's?

Dante

Emily Dickinson

Virgil

Charles Olson

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