Heroes (poem) Quizzes

Heroes (poem) Quiz

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

Couplets

Quatrains

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

Journey to the underworld

Catch and return Cerberus

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

Aeneas

Hercules

Virgil
4 What scene from the Aeneid does Creeley depict?
Achilles's battle with Hector

Aeneas's journey to the Underworld

The destruction of Troy

Ulysses' return home
5 Who wrote the Aeneid?
Homer

Virgil

Shakespeare

Dante
6 What is the meter of the poem?
Iambic trimeter

Iambic tetrameter

Dactylic hexameter

Free verse
7 Which of the following is a main theme of the poem?
War

History

Animal cruelty

Heroism
8 What does the Latin quote "hoc opus, hic labor est" mean?
"Deeds, not words"

"Nothing comes from nothing"

"That is the task, that is the labor"

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

Determination

Valor

Strength
10 How many labors was Hercules assigned?
Two

Twelve

Five

Ten
11 When was the poem published?
1965

1975

1960

1950
12 What literary movement was Robert Creeley associated with?
The Imagists

The Black Mountain poets

The Beat Generation

The New York School
13 How does Creeley subtly criticize Virgil?
By saying he has never read his work

By saying his poetry is bad

By mocking Aeneas

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

Achilles

His father

Hercules
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

Poets should write about death more often

Mortality can push heroes into action

Hercules died after completing his tasks
17 Who is Aeneas's guide into the underworld?
Dido

Sibyl

Charon

Cerberus
18 What is the genre of the poem?
Ekphrasis

Pastoral poetry

Sea shanty

Heroic poetry
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 lost

Because it shows him missing his father

Because it shows him being vulnerable and mortal

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?
Hercules

Ulysses

Sibyl

Aeneas
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 mock himself

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?
Dante

Emily Dickinson

Charles Olson

Virgil

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