Instructions on Not Giving Up Quizzes

Instructions on Not Giving Up Quiz

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

Oak

Maple

Pear
2 What does "confetti of aftermath" refer to?
Leftover party decorations from New Year's

The speaker's joyous feelings

Autumn leaves littering the sidewalk

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

Fist

Scars

Eyes
4 What color are the crabapple blossoms?
Slate

Fuchsia

White

Jade
5 How is the "idea of continuous living" described?
Obscene

Empty

Strange

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

Determined

Slick

Patient
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

10

14

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

The tree

The reader

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

Taffy

Cotton candy

Plodding
11 What poetic form does this poem draw on?
Villanelle

Triolet

Sonnet

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

Poet Laureate of the U.S.

National Book Critics Circle Award Winner

Guggenheim Fellow
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?
Poetry Magazine

Social media

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

Iambic pentameter

Enjambment

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

It is not

Beyond

More than
17 What defiant declaration gets repeated in the last three lines?
I'll take it

I am ready

Bring it on

Come what may
18 During what era was Ada Limón writing?
1950s

2000s

1910s

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

Alliteration

Onomatopoeia

Personification
20 To which of the human senses does the poem appeal most?
Ears / auditory images

Hands / touch images

Eyes / visual images

Tongue / taste images
21 Which of the following is NOT an accurate statement of the poem's message?
Celebrate now, because life is short

You can recover from hurt and loss

Choose to keep living and accept what life has in store

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

Silence versus sound

Grass versus pavement

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?
Iambic hexameter

Iambic pentameter

Trochaic tetrameter

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