Heroes (poem) Quizzes

Heroes (poem) Quiz

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

Sestets

Octaves

Couplets

Quatrains
2 What was Hercules's final labor?

Catch and return Cerberus

Fight Apollo

Kill the Nemean lion

Journey to the underworld
3 Who is the speaker of the poem?

Hercules

Virgil

Aeneas

Robert Creeley
4 What scene from the Aeneid does Creeley depict?

Achilles's battle with Hector

The destruction of Troy

Ulysses' return home

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

Dante

Virgil

Shakespeare

Homer
6 What is the meter of the poem?

Free verse

Dactylic hexameter

Iambic tetrameter

Iambic trimeter
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?

"That is the task, that is the labor"

"Deeds, not words"

"Therein lies the difficulty"

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

Valor

Humanness

Determination

Strength
10 How many labors was Hercules assigned?

Twelve

Two

Ten

Five
11 When was the poem published?

1965

1960

1950

1975
12 What literary movement was Robert Creeley associated with?

The Black Mountain poets

The Beat Generation

The New York School

The Imagists
13 How does Creeley subtly criticize Virgil?

By saying he has never read his work

By saying he is long dead

By saying his poetry is bad

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

Achilles

Hercules

His father

Virgil
15 What best characterizes the tone of the poem?

Thoughtful but harsh

Solemn

Reverent

Respectful but critical
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

Poets should write about death more often

Mortality can push heroes into action

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

Dido

Sibyl

Charon

Cerberus
18 What is the genre of the poem?

Sea shanty

Heroic poetry

Pastoral poetry

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

The city of Rome

Hercules' capture of Cerberus

The destruction of Troy

Aeneas' death
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 lost

Because it shows him being vulnerable and mortal

Because it shows him being afraid
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?

Aeneas

Hercules

Sibyl

Ulysses
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?

The Island

For Love

5 Numbers

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

Virgil

Emily Dickinson

Charles Olson

Dante

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