Heroes (poem) Quizzes

Heroes (poem) Quiz

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

Quatrains

Octaves

Couplets
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?
Virgil

Hercules

Aeneas

Robert Creeley
4 What scene from the Aeneid does Creeley depict?
The destruction of Troy

Achilles's battle with Hector

Ulysses' return home

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

Homer

Shakespeare

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

Iambic tetrameter

Free verse

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

War

Animal cruelty

History
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

Valor

Humanness
10 How many labors was Hercules assigned?
Ten

Two

Five

Twelve
11 When was the poem published?
1950

1965

1975

1960
12 What literary movement was Robert Creeley associated with?
The Black Mountain poets

The Imagists

The Beat Generation

The New York School
13 How does Creeley subtly criticize Virgil?
By saying he is long dead

By mocking Aeneas

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

His father

Achilles

Virgil
15 What best characterizes the tone of the poem?
Respectful but critical

Solemn

Thoughtful but harsh

Reverent
16 What is the meaning of the line "death also / can still propose the old labors" in the poem?
Hercules died after completing his tasks

Mortality can push heroes into action

Poets should write about death more often

Mortality forces people into dull labor
17 Who is Aeneas's guide into the underworld?
Cerberus

Charon

Sibyl

Dido
18 What is the genre of the poem?
Ekphrasis

Sea shanty

Heroic poetry

Pastoral poetry
19 What does Aeneas's father have a vision of?
Hercules' capture of Cerberus

The destruction of Troy

Aeneas' death

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 being afraid

Because it shows him being vulnerable and mortal

Because it shows him missing his father

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

The king of Mycanae

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 challenge Virgil's authority over hero narratives

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

To mock himself

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

5 Numbers

The Island

If You
25 Which of the following poets was a noted contemporary of Creeley's?
Dante

Emily Dickinson

Virgil

Charles Olson

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