Instructions on Not Giving Up Quizzes

Instructions on Not Giving Up Quiz

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

Maple

Cherry

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

The speaker's joyous feelings

Autumn leaves littering the sidewalk

Leftover party decorations from New Year's
3 When the new leaf is unfurling, to what human body part is it compared?
Palm

Eyes

Fist

Scars
4 What color are the crabapple blossoms?
Slate

Fuchsia

Jade

White
5 How is the "idea of continuous living" described?
Shocking

Obscene

Strange

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

Patient

Determined

Plodding
7 What "really gets to" the speaker?
The greening of the trees

The world's baubles and trinkets

The neighbor's garden

The first rain
8 How many lines does this poem have?
10

14

16

12
9 Who or what seems to speak in the closing lines of the poem?
The sky

The reader

The neighbor

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

Taffy

Cotton candy

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

Villanelle

Sonnet

Sestina
12 Which of the following honors has Ada Limón NOT held?
Guggenheim Fellow

National Book Critics Circle Award Winner

Librarian of Congress

Poet Laureate of the U.S.
13 What is the name of the book containing "Instructions on Not Giving Up"?
Bright Dead Things

The Carrying

Sharks in the Rivers

The Hurting Kind
14 Where was "Instructions on Not Giving Up" first published?
Poem-a-Day from the Academy of American Poets

Poetry Magazine

The New Yorker

Social media
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?
It is not

More than

Unlike

Beyond
17 What defiant declaration gets repeated in the last three lines?
Bring it on

I'll take it

I am ready

Come what may
18 During what era was Ada Limón writing?
1800s

1910s

2000s

1950s
19 Which of the following literary devices is NOT used prominently within the poem?
Onomatopoeia

Alliteration

Metaphor

Personification
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

Celebrate now, because life is short

You can recover from hurt and loss

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

Flowers versus leaves

Sky versus earth

Silence versus sound
23 What other role has Ada Limón held, aside from poet?
Musician

Podcast host

Politician

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

Dactylic hexameter

Iambic pentameter

Trochaic tetrameter
25 Quick! Without looking elsewhere, what's the name of the poem?
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