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?
The speaker's joyous feelings

Leftover party decorations from New Year's

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

Eyes

Scars
4 What color are the crabapple blossoms?
Jade

Fuchsia

White

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

Empty

Shocking

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

Patient

Plodding

Slick
7 What "really gets to" the speaker?
The greening of the trees

The first rain

The neighbor's garden

The world's baubles and trinkets
8 How many lines does this poem have?
12

10

16

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

The sky

The reader

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

Cotton candy

Frenzied

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

Triolet

Sestina

Sonnet
12 Which of the following honors has Ada Limón NOT held?
Poet Laureate of the U.S.

National Book Critics Circle Award Winner

Guggenheim Fellow

Librarian of Congress
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

Poem-a-Day from the Academy of American Poets

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

Enjambment

Iambic pentameter

Volta
16 What word/phrase does Limón use multiple times to set up suspense early in this poem?
It is not

More than

Beyond

Unlike
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?
1950s

2000s

1800s

1910s
19 Which of the following literary devices is NOT used prominently within the poem?
Onomatopoeia

Personification

Metaphor

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

Tongue / taste images

Eyes / visual images

Hands / touch 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

Celebrate now, because life is short

Nature has powerful lessons on how not to give up

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

Grass versus pavement

Flowers versus leaves
23 What other role has Ada Limón held, aside from poet?
Musician

YouTuber

Podcast host

Politician
24 What meter describes the poem's final line?
Iambic pentameter

Iambic hexameter

Trochaic tetrameter

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