Instructions on Not Giving Up Quizzes

Instructions on Not Giving Up Quiz

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

Oak

Maple

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

Flowers fallen onto the ground

The speaker's joyous feelings

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

Eyes

Scars

Palm
4 What color are the crabapple blossoms?
Slate

Fuchsia

Jade

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?
Slick

Plodding

Determined

Patient
7 What "really gets to" the speaker?
The first rain

The greening of the trees

The world's baubles and trinkets

The neighbor's garden
8 How many lines does this poem have?
12

14

16

10
9 Who or what seems to speak in the closing lines of the poem?
The neighbor

The sky

The tree

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

Plodding

Frenzied

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

Sonnet

Triolet

Villanelle
12 Which of the following honors has Ada Limón NOT held?
Poet Laureate of the U.S.

Librarian of Congress

Guggenheim Fellow

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

Sharks in the Rivers

The Carrying

The Hurting Kind
14 Where was "Instructions on Not Giving Up" first published?
The New Yorker

Poetry Magazine

Poem-a-Day from the Academy of American Poets

Social media
15 What is the term for breaking a line of poetry in the middle of a phrase or sentence?
Assonance

Iambic pentameter

Enjambment

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

It is not

Unlike

Beyond
17 What defiant declaration gets repeated in the last three lines?
Come what may

I am ready

Bring it on

I'll take it
18 During what era was Ada Limón writing?
1950s

2000s

1910s

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

Metaphor

Personification

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

Eyes / visual images

Tongue / taste images

Ears / auditory 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

You can recover from hurt and loss

Choose to keep living and accept what life has in store

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

Grass versus pavement

Sky versus earth

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

Podcast host

YouTuber

Musician
24 What meter describes the poem's final line?
Dactylic hexameter

Iambic pentameter

Trochaic tetrameter

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