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?
Fist

Eyes

Palm

Scars
4 What color are the crabapple blossoms?
Slate

Jade

Fuchsia

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

Empty

Shocking

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

Patient

Plodding

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

The greening of the trees

The neighbor's garden

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

16

12

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

The reader

The sky

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

Taffy

Plodding

Frenzied
11 What poetic form does this poem draw on?
Sonnet

Triolet

Sestina

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"?
Sharks in the Rivers

The Hurting Kind

The Carrying

Bright Dead Things
14 Where was "Instructions on Not Giving Up" first published?
Poem-a-Day from the Academy of American Poets

The New Yorker

Social media

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

Assonance

Enjambment

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

More than

Beyond

It is not
17 What defiant declaration gets repeated in the last three lines?
I'll take it

I am ready

Come what may

Bring it on
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

Alliteration

Personification

Onomatopoeia
20 To which of the human senses does the poem appeal most?
Hands / touch images

Ears / auditory images

Tongue / taste images

Eyes / visual 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

Choose to keep living and accept what life has in store

You can recover from hurt and loss

Celebrate now, because life is short
22 What is the central contrast in the poem's image system?
Flowers versus leaves

Grass versus pavement

Silence versus sound

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

YouTuber

Musician

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

Iambic hexameter

Trochaic tetrameter

Dactylic hexameter
25 Quick! Without looking elsewhere, what's the name of the poem?
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