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?

Leftover party decorations from New Year's

Flowers fallen onto the ground

The speaker's joyous feelings

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

Palm

Fist

Eyes

Scars
4 What color are the crabapple blossoms?

Slate

Fuchsia

White

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

Shocking

Empty

Strange

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

Slick

Determined

Patient

Plodding
7 What "really gets to" the speaker?

The neighbor's garden

The world's baubles and trinkets

The greening of the trees

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

16

10

14

12
9 Who or what seems to speak in the closing lines of the poem?

The reader

The neighbor

The tree

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

Taffy

Frenzied

Cotton candy

Plodding
11 What poetic form does this poem draw on?

Villanelle

Sonnet

Sestina

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

National Book Critics Circle Award Winner

Poet Laureate of the U.S.

Librarian of Congress

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

The Carrying

Sharks in the Rivers

The Hurting Kind

Bright Dead Things
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

Assonance

Enjambment

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

It is not

Unlike

More than

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

Bring it on

I'll take it

I am ready

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

2000s

1950s

1800s

1910s
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?

Eyes / visual images

Tongue / taste images

Hands / touch images

Ears / auditory images
21 Which of the following is NOT an accurate statement of the poem's message?

You can recover from hurt and loss

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
22 What is the central contrast in the poem's image system?

Flowers versus leaves

Sky versus earth

Silence versus sound

Grass versus pavement
23 What other role has Ada Limón held, aside from poet?

Politician

Musician

Podcast host

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

Trochaic tetrameter

Iambic pentameter

Iambic hexameter

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

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