Instructions on Not Giving Up Quizzes

Instructions on Not Giving Up Quiz

1 Which of the following trees is named in the poem?
Oak

Pear

Cherry

Maple
2 What does "confetti of aftermath" refer to?
Flowers fallen onto the ground

Leftover party decorations from New Year's

Autumn leaves littering the sidewalk

The speaker's joyous feelings
3 When the new leaf is unfurling, to what human body part is it compared?
Eyes

Palm

Scars

Fist
4 What color are the crabapple blossoms?
Jade

White

Slate

Fuchsia
5 How is the "idea of continuous living" described?
Empty

Shocking

Obscene

Strange
6 Which of the following is NOT a word used to describe the growth of new leaves?
Plodding

Slick

Determined

Patient
7 What "really gets to" the speaker?
The world's baubles and trinkets

The neighbor's garden

The greening of the trees

The first rain
8 How many lines does this poem have?
12

10

16

14
9 Who or what seems to speak in the closing lines of the poem?
The sky

The tree

The reader

The neighbor
10 Which of the following descriptors does NOT appear in the poem?
Frenzied

Plodding

Cotton candy

Taffy
11 What poetic form does this poem draw on?
Triolet

Sestina

Sonnet

Villanelle
12 Which of the following honors has Ada Limón NOT held?
National Book Critics Circle Award Winner

Librarian of Congress

Guggenheim Fellow

Poet Laureate of the U.S.
13 What is the name of the book containing "Instructions on Not Giving Up"?
The Hurting Kind

The Carrying

Bright Dead Things

Sharks in the Rivers
14 Where was "Instructions on Not Giving Up" first published?
Social media

Poem-a-Day from the Academy of American Poets

The New Yorker

Poetry Magazine
15 What is the term for breaking a line of poetry in the middle of a phrase or sentence?
Enjambment

Iambic pentameter

Volta

Assonance
16 What word/phrase does Limón use multiple times to set up suspense early in this poem?
Unlike

More than

It is not

Beyond
17 What defiant declaration gets repeated in the last three lines?
I am ready

Bring it on

Come what may

I'll take it
18 During what era was Ada Limón writing?
1910s

1950s

1800s

2000s
19 Which of the following literary devices is NOT used prominently within the poem?
Metaphor

Onomatopoeia

Personification

Alliteration
20 To which of the human senses does the poem appeal most?
Tongue / taste images

Hands / touch images

Eyes / visual images

Ears / auditory images
21 Which of the following is NOT an accurate statement of the poem's message?
Choose to keep living and accept what life has in store

You can recover from hurt and loss

Celebrate now, because life is short

Nature has powerful lessons on how not to give up
22 What is the central contrast in the poem's image system?
Flowers versus leaves

Silence versus sound

Sky versus earth

Grass versus pavement
23 What other role has Ada Limón held, aside from poet?
Politician

Musician

Podcast host

YouTuber
24 What meter describes the poem's final line?
Iambic hexameter

Dactylic hexameter

Trochaic tetrameter

Iambic pentameter
25 Quick! Without looking elsewhere, what's the name of the poem?
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