Instructions on Not Giving Up Quizzes

Instructions on Not Giving Up Quiz

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

Maple

Oak

Pear

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

Autumn leaves littering the sidewalk

Leftover party decorations from New Year's

The speaker's joyous feelings

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

Eyes

Palm

Scars

Fist
4 What color are the crabapple blossoms?

Fuchsia

Jade

White

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

Obscene

Strange

Empty

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

Determined

Plodding

Patient

Slick
7 What "really gets to" the speaker?

The world's baubles and trinkets

The first rain

The neighbor's garden

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

10

14

16

12
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?

Taffy

Cotton candy

Frenzied

Plodding
11 What poetic form does this poem draw on?

Villanelle

Triolet

Sestina

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

Guggenheim Fellow

Poet Laureate of the U.S.

Librarian of Congress

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

Sharks in the Rivers

Bright Dead Things

The Carrying

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

Poem-a-Day from the Academy of American Poets

Social media

The New Yorker

Poetry Magazine
15 What is the term for breaking a line of poetry in the middle of a phrase or sentence?

Enjambment

Iambic pentameter

Assonance

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

Unlike

More than

It is not

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

I am ready

Come what may

Bring it on

I'll take it
18 During what era was Ada Limón writing?

1800s

1910s

2000s

1950s
19 Which of the following literary devices is NOT used prominently within the poem?

Onomatopoeia

Personification

Alliteration

Metaphor
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?

Choose to keep living and accept what life has in store

Nature has powerful lessons on how not to give up

Celebrate now, because life is short

You can recover from hurt and loss
22 What is the central contrast in the poem's image system?

Sky versus earth

Silence versus sound

Flowers versus leaves

Grass versus pavement
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 pentameter

Trochaic tetrameter

Iambic hexameter

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

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