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

Cherry

Oak
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?

Fist

Palm

Eyes

Scars
4 What color are the crabapple blossoms?

Fuchsia

Jade

Slate

White
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 greening of the trees

The world's baubles and trinkets

The neighbor's garden

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

16

12

10

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

The reader

The sky

The tree

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

Frenzied

Cotton candy

Taffy

Plodding
11 What poetic form does this poem draw on?

Villanelle

Sonnet

Triolet

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

Poet Laureate of the U.S.

Librarian of Congress

National Book Critics Circle Award Winner

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

Sharks in the Rivers

The Hurting Kind

The Carrying

Bright Dead Things
14 Where was "Instructions on Not Giving Up" first published?

Poem-a-Day from the Academy of American Poets

The New Yorker

Social media

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

Iambic pentameter

Enjambment

Assonance

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

Beyond

More than

Unlike

It is not
17 What defiant declaration gets repeated in the last three lines?

Bring it on

Come what may

I'll take it

I am ready
18 During what era was Ada Limón writing?

2000s

1800s

1910s

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

Personification

Onomatopoeia

Metaphor

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?

Celebrate now, because life is short

Nature has powerful lessons on how not to give up

You can recover from hurt and loss

Choose to keep living and accept what life has in store
22 What is the central contrast in the poem's image system?

Flowers versus leaves

Silence versus sound

Sky versus earth

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

YouTuber

Politician

Podcast host

Musician
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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