Instructions on Not Giving Up Quizzes

Instructions on Not Giving Up Quiz

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

Pear

Oak

Cherry
2 What does "confetti of aftermath" refer to?
The speaker's joyous feelings

Autumn leaves littering the sidewalk

Flowers fallen onto the ground

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

Fist

Scars

Eyes
4 What color are the crabapple blossoms?
Slate

White

Jade

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

Obscene

Empty

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

Determined

Plodding

Slick
7 What "really gets to" the speaker?
The neighbor's garden

The world's baubles and trinkets

The greening of the trees

The first rain
8 How many lines does this poem have?
14

10

16

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

The sky

The tree

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

Plodding

Taffy

Cotton candy
11 What poetic form does this poem draw on?
Triolet

Sonnet

Sestina

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

Poet Laureate of the U.S.

Librarian of Congress

National Book Critics Circle Award Winner
13 What is the name of the book containing "Instructions on Not Giving Up"?
Bright Dead Things

The Carrying

The Hurting Kind

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

The New Yorker

Poem-a-Day from the Academy of American Poets

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

Assonance

Volta

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

It is not

More than

Beyond
17 What defiant declaration gets repeated in the last three lines?
I'll take it

Come what may

Bring it on

I am ready
18 During what era was Ada Limón writing?
1910s

2000s

1950s

1800s
19 Which of the following literary devices is NOT used prominently within the poem?
Onomatopoeia

Personification

Metaphor

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

Ears / auditory images

Eyes / visual images

Hands / touch images
21 Which of the following is NOT an accurate statement of the poem's message?
Nature has powerful lessons on how not to give up

Celebrate now, because life is short

You can recover from hurt and loss

Choose to keep living and accept what life has in store
22 What is the central contrast in the poem's image system?
Silence versus sound

Flowers versus leaves

Grass versus pavement

Sky versus earth
23 What other role has Ada Limón held, aside from poet?
Politician

YouTuber

Musician

Podcast host
24 What meter describes the poem's final line?
Iambic pentameter

Dactylic hexameter

Iambic hexameter

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