Instructions on Not Giving Up Quizzes

Instructions on Not Giving Up Quiz

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

Oak

Pear

Maple

Cherry
2 What does "confetti of aftermath" refer to?

Leftover party decorations from New Year's

Autumn leaves littering the sidewalk

The speaker's joyous feelings

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

Fist

Scars

Palm

Eyes
4 What color are the crabapple blossoms?

White

Jade

Fuchsia

Slate
5 How is the "idea of continuous living" described?

Obscene

Empty

Shocking

Strange
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 greening of the trees

The world's baubles and trinkets

The neighbor's garden

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

16

12

10

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

The neighbor

The sky

The reader

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

Cotton candy

Frenzied

Plodding

Taffy
11 What poetic form does this poem draw on?

Sonnet

Sestina

Triolet

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

Guggenheim Fellow

Librarian of Congress

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

Sharks in the Rivers

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

The New Yorker

Poetry Magazine

Social media

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?

Volta

Assonance

Iambic pentameter

Enjambment
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

Bring it on

I'll take it

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

1800s

1950s

1910s

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?

Tongue / taste images

Ears / auditory images

Hands / touch images

Eyes / visual images
21 Which of the following is NOT an accurate statement of the poem's message?

Choose to keep living and accept what life has in store

Celebrate now, because life is short

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?

Silence versus sound

Flowers versus leaves

Sky versus earth

Grass versus pavement
23 What other role has Ada Limón held, aside from poet?

Politician

Musician

YouTuber

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

Dactylic hexameter

Iambic pentameter

Iambic hexameter

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

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