Heroes (poem) Quizzes

Heroes (poem) Quiz

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

Quatrains

Couplets

Sestets
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?
Aeneas

Robert Creeley

Virgil

Hercules
4 What scene from the Aeneid does Creeley depict?
Achilles's battle with Hector

Ulysses' return home

The destruction of Troy

Aeneas's journey to the Underworld
5 Who wrote the Aeneid?
Dante

Homer

Virgil

Shakespeare
6 What is the meter of the poem?
Dactylic hexameter

Free verse

Iambic trimeter

Iambic tetrameter
7 Which of the following is a main theme of the poem?
Heroism

History

War

Animal cruelty
8 What does the Latin quote "hoc opus, hic labor est" mean?
"Nothing comes from nothing"

"That is the task, that is the labor"

"Deeds, not words"

"Therein lies the difficulty"
9 What quality does Creeley prize in hero narratives?
Determination

Strength

Humanness

Valor
10 How many labors was Hercules assigned?
Ten

Two

Twelve

Five
11 When was the poem published?
1965

1960

1950

1975
12 What literary movement was Robert Creeley associated with?
The New York School

The Imagists

The Beat Generation

The Black Mountain poets
13 How does Creeley subtly criticize Virgil?
By mocking Aeneas

By saying he is long dead

By saying his poetry is bad

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

Achilles

His father

Virgil
15 What best characterizes the tone of the poem?
Thoughtful but harsh

Reverent

Solemn

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

Hercules died after completing his tasks

Mortality forces people into dull labor

Mortality can push heroes into action
17 Who is Aeneas's guide into the underworld?
Charon

Sibyl

Dido

Cerberus
18 What is the genre of the poem?
Pastoral poetry

Ekphrasis

Heroic poetry

Sea shanty
19 What does Aeneas's father have a vision of?
Aeneas' death

The city of Rome

Hercules' capture of Cerberus

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 being lost

Because it shows him missing his father

Because it shows him being vulnerable and mortal

Because it shows him being afraid
21 Who is the guardian of the underworld?
The Nimean lion

Apollo

Cerberus

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

Aeneas

Sibyl

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 mock himself

To align himself with a certain poetic tradition

To challenge Virgil's authority over hero narratives
24 What collection was the poem first published in?
The Island

For Love

If You

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

Dante

Virgil

Charles Olson

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