Instructions on Not Giving Up Quizzes

Instructions on Not Giving Up Quiz

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

Pear

Maple

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?

Eyes

Scars

Palm

Fist
4 What color are the crabapple blossoms?

Slate

Fuchsia

Jade

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

Shocking

Empty

Obscene

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

Determined

Plodding

Slick

Patient
7 What "really gets to" the speaker?

The greening of the trees

The neighbor's garden

The world's baubles and trinkets

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

10

14

12

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

The reader

The tree

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?

Triolet

Villanelle

Sonnet

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

National Book Critics Circle Award Winner

Poet Laureate of the U.S.

Guggenheim Fellow

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

The Hurting Kind

Bright Dead Things

Sharks in the Rivers

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

Social media

Poetry Magazine

Poem-a-Day from the Academy of American Poets

The New Yorker
15 What is the term for breaking a line of poetry in the middle of a phrase or sentence?

Volta

Enjambment

Assonance

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

Beyond

More than

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?

1950s

1910s

1800s

2000s
19 Which of the following literary devices is NOT used prominently within the poem?

Alliteration

Onomatopoeia

Personification

Metaphor
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

Celebrate now, because life is short

You can recover from hurt and loss
22 What is the central contrast in the poem's image system?

Silence versus sound

Grass versus pavement

Flowers versus leaves

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

Politician

Podcast host

Musician

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

Trochaic tetrameter

Dactylic hexameter

Iambic hexameter

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

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