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?

The speaker's joyous feelings

Leftover party decorations from New Year's

Flowers fallen onto the ground

Autumn leaves littering the sidewalk
3 When the new leaf is unfurling, to what human body part is it compared?

Scars

Eyes

Fist

Palm
4 What color are the crabapple blossoms?

Fuchsia

White

Jade

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

Obscene

Strange

Shocking

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

Patient

Determined

Plodding

Slick
7 What "really gets to" the speaker?

The first rain

The world's baubles and trinkets

The greening of the trees

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

10

16

12

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

The reader

The sky

The neighbor

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

Plodding

Frenzied

Taffy

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?

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 Hurting Kind

The Carrying

Sharks in the Rivers

Bright Dead Things
14 Where was "Instructions on Not Giving Up" first published?

Poetry Magazine

The New Yorker

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

Enjambment

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

More than

It is not

Beyond

Unlike
17 What defiant declaration gets repeated in the last three lines?

I am ready

I'll take it

Come what may

Bring it on
18 During what era was Ada Limón writing?

2000s

1950s

1910s

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

Metaphor

Personification

Alliteration

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

Ears / auditory images

Hands / touch images

Tongue / taste 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?

Sky versus earth

Silence versus sound

Grass versus pavement

Flowers versus leaves
23 What other role has Ada Limón held, aside from poet?

YouTuber

Podcast host

Musician

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

Iambic pentameter

Dactylic hexameter

Trochaic tetrameter

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

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