Instructions on Not Giving Up Quizzes

Instructions on Not Giving Up Quiz

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

Maple

Cherry

Oak

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

Flowers fallen onto the ground

The speaker's joyous feelings

Leftover party decorations from New Year's

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

Fist

Scars

Eyes

Palm
4 What color are the crabapple blossoms?

White

Slate

Jade

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

Strange

Shocking

Obscene

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

Plodding

Patient

Determined

Slick
7 What "really gets to" the speaker?

The first rain

The neighbor's garden

The world's baubles and trinkets

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

16

12

14

10
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?

Taffy

Plodding

Frenzied

Cotton candy
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"?

The Carrying

Sharks in the Rivers

Bright Dead Things

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

Poem-a-Day from the Academy of American Poets

Poetry Magazine

The New Yorker

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

Volta

Enjambment

Assonance

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

Beyond

It is not

More than

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

Bring it on

I am ready

I'll take it

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

1950s

1910s

1800s

2000s
19 Which of the following literary devices is NOT used prominently within the poem?

Personification

Onomatopoeia

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

You can recover from hurt and loss

Celebrate now, because life is short

Nature has powerful lessons on how not to give up
22 What is the central contrast in the poem's image system?

Grass versus pavement

Sky versus earth

Silence versus sound

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

Politician

Podcast host

Musician

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

Dactylic hexameter

Iambic hexameter

Iambic pentameter

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

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