Instructions on Not Giving Up Quizzes

Instructions on Not Giving Up Quiz

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

Maple

Cherry

Pear
2 What does "confetti of aftermath" refer to?
Flowers fallen onto the ground

Leftover party decorations from New Year's

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?
Palm

Fist

Eyes

Scars
4 What color are the crabapple blossoms?
Jade

Slate

Fuchsia

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?
Plodding

Determined

Slick

Patient
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 reader

The neighbor

The tree

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

Taffy

Plodding

Cotton candy
11 What poetic form does this poem draw on?
Triolet

Villanelle

Sestina

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

Poet Laureate of the U.S.

National Book Critics Circle Award Winner

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

The Hurting Kind

The Carrying

Sharks in the Rivers
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?
Assonance

Iambic pentameter

Enjambment

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

More than

Beyond

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

I'll take it

I am ready

Come what may
18 During what era was Ada Limón writing?
1800s

1950s

2000s

1910s
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?
Tongue / taste images

Eyes / visual 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

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
22 What is the central contrast in the poem's image system?
Flowers versus leaves

Grass versus pavement

Sky versus earth

Silence versus sound
23 What other role has Ada Limón held, aside from poet?
Podcast host

YouTuber

Politician

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

Trochaic tetrameter

Dactylic hexameter

Iambic pentameter
25 Quick! Without looking elsewhere, what's the name of the poem?
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