Heroes (poem) Quizzes

Heroes (poem) Quiz

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

Quatrains

Octaves

Couplets
2 What was Hercules's final labor?
Catch and return Cerberus

Journey to the underworld

Kill the Nemean lion

Fight Apollo
3 Who is the speaker of the poem?
Aeneas

Virgil

Hercules

Robert Creeley
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?
Shakespeare

Dante

Virgil

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

Dactylic hexameter

Iambic tetrameter

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?
"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?
Strength

Determination

Humanness

Valor
10 How many labors was Hercules assigned?
Ten

Two

Five

Twelve
11 When was the poem published?
1950

1965

1960

1975
12 What literary movement was Robert Creeley associated with?
The Black Mountain poets

The New York School

The Beat Generation

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

By saying his poetry is bad

By saying he has never read his work

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

Virgil

Hercules

Achilles
15 What best characterizes the tone of the poem?
Solemn

Respectful but critical

Reverent

Thoughtful but harsh
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

Hercules died after completing his tasks

Mortality can push heroes into action

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

Sibyl

Dido

Charon
18 What is the genre of the poem?
Ekphrasis

Heroic poetry

Pastoral poetry

Sea shanty
19 What does Aeneas's father have a vision of?
The destruction of Troy

Aeneas' death

The city of Rome

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 lost

Because it shows him being vulnerable and mortal

Because it shows him missing his father

Because it shows him being afraid
21 Who is the guardian of the underworld?
Cerberus

Apollo

The Nimean lion

The king of Mycanae
22 Which of the following figures is NOT referenced in the poem?
Sibyl

Ulysses

Aeneas

Hercules
23 Why does Creeley say he is the speaker of the poem and then mention Virgil?
To mock himself

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

For Love

If You

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

Dante

Virgil

Charles Olson

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