Instructions on Not Giving Up Quizzes

Instructions on Not Giving Up Quiz

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

Maple

Oak

Pear
2 What does "confetti of aftermath" refer to?
Autumn leaves littering the sidewalk

The speaker's joyous feelings

Leftover party decorations from New Year's

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

Scars

Palm

Fist
4 What color are the crabapple blossoms?
Fuchsia

White

Jade

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

Shocking

Strange

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

Slick

Plodding

Determined
7 What "really gets to" the speaker?
The neighbor's garden

The world's baubles and trinkets

The first rain

The greening of the trees
8 How many lines does this poem have?
16

10

12

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

The reader

The sky

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

Frenzied

Plodding

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

Sonnet

Triolet

Villanelle
12 Which of the following honors has Ada Limón NOT held?
National Book Critics Circle Award Winner

Guggenheim Fellow

Poet Laureate of the U.S.

Librarian of Congress
13 What is the name of the book containing "Instructions on Not Giving Up"?
Bright Dead Things

Sharks in the Rivers

The Hurting Kind

The Carrying
14 Where was "Instructions on Not Giving Up" first published?
Social media

The New Yorker

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?
Iambic pentameter

Assonance

Enjambment

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

Beyond

More than

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

I'll take it

Come what may

I am ready
18 During what era was Ada Limón writing?
1910s

2000s

1800s

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

Metaphor

Alliteration

Onomatopoeia
20 To which of the human senses does the poem appeal most?
Tongue / taste images

Eyes / visual images

Ears / auditory 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

You can recover from hurt and loss

Nature has powerful lessons on how not to give up

Celebrate now, because life is short
22 What is the central contrast in the poem's image system?
Silence versus sound

Flowers versus leaves

Sky versus earth

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

YouTuber

Podcast host

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

Iambic hexameter

Dactylic hexameter

Trochaic tetrameter
25 Quick! Without looking elsewhere, what's the name of the poem?
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