Heroes (poem) Quizzes

Heroes (poem) Quiz

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

Sestets

Octaves

Couplets
2 What was Hercules's final labor?
Journey to the underworld

Fight Apollo

Catch and return Cerberus

Kill the Nemean lion
3 Who is the speaker of the poem?
Robert Creeley

Virgil

Hercules

Aeneas
4 What scene from the Aeneid does Creeley depict?
Ulysses' return home

Achilles's battle with Hector

The destruction of Troy

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

Shakespeare

Homer

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

Dactylic hexameter

Iambic trimeter

Iambic tetrameter
7 Which of the following is a main theme of the poem?
History

Animal cruelty

War

Heroism
8 What does the Latin quote "hoc opus, hic labor est" mean?
"Therein lies the difficulty"

"Deeds, not words"

"Nothing comes from nothing"

"That is the task, that is the labor"
9 What quality does Creeley prize in hero narratives?
Valor

Determination

Humanness

Strength
10 How many labors was Hercules assigned?
Two

Five

Twelve

Ten
11 When was the poem published?
1960

1965

1975

1950
12 What literary movement was Robert Creeley associated with?
The New York School

The Black Mountain poets

The Imagists

The Beat Generation
13 How does Creeley subtly criticize Virgil?
By mocking Aeneas

By saying he has never read his work

By saying his poetry is bad

By saying he is long dead
14 Who is Aeneas trying to see in the underworld?
Virgil

His father

Achilles

Hercules
15 What best characterizes the tone of the poem?
Thoughtful but harsh

Respectful but critical

Reverent

Solemn
16 What is the meaning of the line "death also / can still propose the old labors" in the poem?
Poets should write about death more often

Mortality forces people into dull labor

Hercules died after completing his tasks

Mortality can push heroes into action
17 Who is Aeneas's guide into the underworld?
Sibyl

Dido

Charon

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

Sea shanty

Pastoral poetry

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

Aeneas' death

The destruction of Troy

Hercules' capture of Cerberus
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 missing his father

Because it shows him being lost

Because it shows him being afraid
21 Who is the guardian of the underworld?
The Nimean lion

The king of Mycanae

Cerberus

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

Ulysses

Hercules

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 challenge Virgil's authority over hero narratives

To align himself with a certain poetic tradition

To mock himself
24 What collection was the poem first published in?
If You

For Love

5 Numbers

The Island
25 Which of the following poets was a noted contemporary of Creeley's?
Emily Dickinson

Charles Olson

Dante

Virgil

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