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?

Autumn leaves littering the sidewalk

The speaker's joyous feelings

Leftover party decorations from New Year's

Flowers fallen onto the ground
3 When the new leaf is unfurling, to what human body part is it compared?

Scars

Palm

Eyes

Fist
4 What color are the crabapple blossoms?

Jade

Fuchsia

White

Slate
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?

Plodding

Patient

Slick

Determined
7 What "really gets to" the speaker?

The world's baubles and trinkets

The first rain

The neighbor's garden

The greening of the trees
8 How many lines does this poem have?

12

14

10

16
9 Who or what seems to speak in the closing lines of the poem?

The reader

The tree

The neighbor

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

Plodding

Cotton candy

Taffy

Frenzied
11 What poetic form does this poem draw on?

Sestina

Triolet

Sonnet

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

Librarian of Congress

Guggenheim Fellow

National Book Critics Circle Award Winner

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

The Carrying

Bright Dead Things

The Hurting Kind

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

The New Yorker

Poem-a-Day from the Academy of American Poets

Social media

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

Enjambment

Assonance

Iambic pentameter

Volta
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?

I'll take it

I am ready

Bring it on

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

2000s

1950s

1800s

1910s
19 Which of the following literary devices is NOT used prominently within the poem?

Alliteration

Personification

Metaphor

Onomatopoeia
20 To which of the human senses does the poem appeal most?

Ears / auditory images

Eyes / visual images

Tongue / taste 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?

Grass versus pavement

Sky versus earth

Flowers versus leaves

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

YouTuber

Politician

Podcast host

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

Dactylic hexameter

Iambic hexameter

Iambic pentameter

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

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