A Brief History of Heroes Quiz

What does the document suggest about the relationship between heroes and circumstances?

• Heroes are shaped mostly by circumstance

• Heroes are unaffected by their circumstances

• Circumstances are irrelevant to heroism

• Heroes create their own circumstances

Who was known as the founder of the new humanism in the 14th century?

• Niccolò Machiavelli

• Cicero

• Francesco Petrarca

• Johann von Schiller

Who did Carlyle compare in his lectures on heroes?

• William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge

• Muhammad and Shakespeare to Martin Luther and Napoleon Bonaparte

• Victor Hugo and Giuseppe Garibaldi

• Lord Byron and Thomas Carlyle

What did the late 19th-century Russian anarchist Alexander Herzen suggest about human beings?

• They are naturally heroic

• They are simply human beings

• They are always successful

• They are great men

What did modern biographers need to set up according to the text?

• New standards of merit

• Old standards of heroism

• Military achievements

• Political power

What does the text suggest about the cult of celebrity?

• It enhances true heroism

• It undermines true heroism

• It has no effect on heroism

• It is unrelated to heroism

What is a challenge mentioned in the text regarding modern Western states and national heroes?

• They have too many national heroes

• They lack a common idea of heroism

• They focus only on historical heroes

• They ignore international heroes

What shift occurred that affected people’s view of heroes during the Renaissance?

• Emphasis on individual achievement

• Focus on religious devotion

• Rise of democratic ideals

• Growth of industrialization

Which faculty did people during the Enlightenment value the most?

• Reason

• Emotion

• Tradition

• Faith