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

Cherry

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

Autumn leaves littering the sidewalk

The speaker's joyous feelings

Flowers fallen onto the ground

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

Palm

Eyes

Scars

Fist
4 What color are the crabapple blossoms?

Jade

Fuchsia

Slate

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

Empty

Strange

Obscene

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

Slick

Plodding

Patient

Determined
7 What "really gets to" the speaker?

The first rain

The world's baubles and trinkets

The neighbor's garden

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

12

16

10

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

The neighbor

The reader

The sky

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

Frenzied

Cotton candy

Taffy

Plodding
11 What poetic form does this poem draw on?

Sestina

Sonnet

Villanelle

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

Poet Laureate of the U.S.

Guggenheim Fellow

Librarian of Congress

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

The Hurting Kind

The Carrying

Bright Dead Things

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

The New Yorker

Social media

Poetry Magazine

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?

Assonance

Volta

Enjambment

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

Beyond

Unlike

More than

It is not
17 What defiant declaration gets repeated in the last three lines?

Bring it on

Come what may

I am ready

I'll take it
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?

Onomatopoeia

Alliteration

Personification

Metaphor
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?

You can recover from hurt and loss

Choose to keep living and accept what life has in store

Celebrate now, because life is short

Nature has powerful lessons on how not to give up
22 What is the central contrast in the poem's image system?

Flowers versus leaves

Grass versus pavement

Silence versus sound

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

Podcast host

Politician

YouTuber

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

Trochaic tetrameter

Iambic hexameter

Dactylic hexameter

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

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