Heroes (poem) Quizzes

Heroes (poem) Quiz

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

Octaves

Sestets

Quatrains
2 What was Hercules's final labor?
Fight Apollo

Catch and return Cerberus

Journey to the underworld

Kill the Nemean lion
3 Who is the speaker of the poem?
Aeneas

Hercules

Robert Creeley

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

Aeneas's journey to the Underworld

Ulysses' return home

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

Virgil

Homer

Shakespeare
6 What is the meter of the poem?
Free verse

Iambic trimeter

Iambic tetrameter

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

Heroism

History

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"

"Therein lies the difficulty"

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

Determination

Valor

Strength
10 How many labors was Hercules assigned?
Two

Five

Twelve

Ten
11 When was the poem published?
1965

1975

1950

1960
12 What literary movement was Robert Creeley associated with?
The Imagists

The Black Mountain poets

The New York School

The Beat Generation
13 How does Creeley subtly criticize Virgil?
By saying he is long dead

By saying he has never read his work

By saying his poetry is bad

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

Hercules

Achilles

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?
Mortality forces people into dull labor

Mortality can push heroes into action

Hercules died after completing his tasks

Poets should write about death more often
17 Who is Aeneas's guide into the underworld?
Dido

Charon

Sibyl

Cerberus
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

The destruction of Troy

Hercules' capture of Cerberus

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 being vulnerable and mortal

Because it shows him being lost

Because it shows him being afraid

Because it shows him missing his father
21 Who is the guardian of the underworld?
Cerberus

The Nimean lion

The king of Mycanae

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

Sibyl

Hercules

Ulysses
23 Why does Creeley say he is the speaker of the poem and then mention Virgil?
To align himself with a certain poetic tradition

To challenge Virgil's authority over hero narratives

To mock himself

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

Emily Dickinson

Dante

Virgil

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