Heroes (poem) Quizzes

Heroes (poem) Quiz

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

Octaves

Sestets

Quatrains

Couplets
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

Robert Creeley

Aeneas

Virgil
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?

Homer

Dante

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

Animal cruelty

History

War
8 What does the Latin quote "hoc opus, hic labor est" mean?

"That is the task, that is the labor"

"Deeds, not words"

"Nothing comes from nothing"

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

Valor

Strength

Humanness

Determination
10 How many labors was Hercules assigned?

Ten

Two

Twelve

Five
11 When was the poem published?

1960

1965

1950

1975
12 What literary movement was Robert Creeley associated with?

The Black Mountain poets

The New York School

The Imagists

The Beat Generation
13 How does Creeley subtly criticize Virgil?

By saying he has never read his work

By mocking Aeneas

By saying he is long dead

By saying his poetry is bad
14 Who is Aeneas trying to see in the underworld?

Achilles

Hercules

Virgil

His father
15 What best characterizes the tone of the poem?

Solemn

Reverent

Respectful but critical

Thoughtful but harsh
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

Mortality forces people into dull labor

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

Dido

Cerberus

Charon

Sibyl
18 What is the genre of the poem?

Ekphrasis

Sea shanty

Pastoral poetry

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

Hercules' capture of Cerberus

The city of Rome

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 being lost

Because it shows him missing his father

Because it shows him being afraid

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

Apollo

The king of Mycanae

Cerberus

The Nimean lion
22 Which of the following figures is NOT referenced in the poem?

Ulysses

Aeneas

Hercules

Sibyl
23 Why does Creeley say he is the speaker of the poem and then mention Virgil?

To mock himself

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
24 What collection was the poem first published in?

For Love

If You

The Island

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

Emily Dickinson

Charles Olson

Dante

Virgil

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