Instructions on Not Giving Up Quizzes

Instructions on Not Giving Up Quiz

By Rebecca Bedell · Edited by James Cooper · Last reviewed September 20, 2022

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

Maple

Pear

Oak

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

Flowers fallen onto the ground

The speaker's joyous feelings

Autumn leaves littering the sidewalk

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

Fist

Palm

Scars

Eyes
4 What color are the crabapple blossoms?

Jade

Fuchsia

Slate

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

Empty

Shocking

Obscene

Strange
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 world's baubles and trinkets

The greening of the trees

The first rain

The neighbor's garden
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 sky

The reader

The tree

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

Cotton candy

Taffy

Frenzied

Plodding
11 What poetic form does this poem draw on?

Sestina

Villanelle

Triolet

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

Librarian of Congress

National Book Critics Circle Award Winner

Poet Laureate of the U.S.

Guggenheim Fellow
13 What is the name of the book containing "Instructions on Not Giving Up"?

Bright Dead Things

The Hurting Kind

Sharks in the Rivers

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

Poetry Magazine

Poem-a-Day from the Academy of American Poets

The New Yorker

Social media
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?

Beyond

More than

It is not

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

I am ready

I'll take it

Bring it on

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

1950s

1910s

2000s

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

Onomatopoeia

Metaphor

Personification

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

Hands / touch images

Eyes / visual images

Ears / auditory images

Tongue / taste 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?

Grass versus pavement

Silence versus sound

Flowers versus leaves

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

Musician

Politician

YouTuber

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

Iambic hexameter

Iambic pentameter

Trochaic tetrameter

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

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