Instructions on Not Giving Up Quizzes

Instructions on Not Giving Up Quiz

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

Cherry

Oak

Maple
2 What does "confetti of aftermath" refer to?
Autumn leaves littering the sidewalk

Flowers fallen onto the ground

Leftover party decorations from New Year's

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

Eyes

Scars

Fist
4 What color are the crabapple blossoms?
Fuchsia

Slate

White

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

Strange

Obscene

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

Patient

Determined

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

The world's baubles and trinkets

The first rain

The neighbor's garden
8 How many lines does this poem have?
14

12

16

10
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?
Taffy

Frenzied

Plodding

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.

National Book Critics Circle Award Winner

Librarian of Congress
13 What is the name of the book containing "Instructions on Not Giving Up"?
Sharks in the Rivers

The Carrying

Bright Dead Things

The Hurting Kind
14 Where was "Instructions on Not Giving Up" first published?
Social media

The New Yorker

Poetry Magazine

Poem-a-Day from the Academy of American Poets
15 What is the term for breaking a line of poetry in the middle of a phrase or sentence?
Iambic pentameter

Enjambment

Assonance

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

Beyond

Unlike

It is not
17 What defiant declaration gets repeated in the last three lines?
I am ready

Come what may

I'll take it

Bring it on
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?
Metaphor

Onomatopoeia

Alliteration

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?
Celebrate now, because life is short

Choose to keep living and accept what life has in store

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

Silence versus sound

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

Podcast host

YouTuber

Politician
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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