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?
Catch and return Cerberus

Kill the Nemean lion

Fight Apollo

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

Virgil

Robert Creeley

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

Ulysses' return home

Aeneas's journey to the Underworld

Achilles's battle with Hector
5 Who wrote the Aeneid?
Homer

Virgil

Dante

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

Animal cruelty

War

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

"Therein lies the difficulty"

"That is the task, that is the labor"

"Deeds, not words"
9 What quality does Creeley prize in hero narratives?
Valor

Determination

Humanness

Strength
10 How many labors was Hercules assigned?
Twelve

Five

Two

Ten
11 When was the poem published?
1960

1965

1950

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

The Beat Generation

The Imagists

The Black Mountain poets
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

Achilles

Virgil

His father
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 can push heroes into action

Hercules died after completing his tasks

Poets should write about death more often

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

Dido

Sibyl

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

Heroic poetry

Ekphrasis

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 afraid

Because it shows him being lost

Because it shows him missing his father

Because it shows him being vulnerable and mortal
21 Who is the guardian of the underworld?
The king of Mycanae

The Nimean lion

Cerberus

Apollo
22 Which of the following figures is NOT referenced in the poem?
Hercules

Ulysses

Aeneas

Sibyl
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 align himself with a certain poetic tradition

To challenge Virgil's authority over hero narratives

To mock himself
24 What collection was the poem first published in?
5 Numbers

The Island

If You

For Love
25 Which of the following poets was a noted contemporary of Creeley's?
Charles Olson

Virgil

Dante

Emily Dickinson

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