Instructions on Not Giving Up Quizzes

Instructions on Not Giving Up Quiz

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

Oak

Pear

Maple
2 What does "confetti of aftermath" refer to?
Leftover party decorations from New Year's

Autumn leaves littering the sidewalk

The speaker's joyous feelings

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

Fist

Palm

Eyes
4 What color are the crabapple blossoms?
White

Fuchsia

Slate

Jade
5 How is the "idea of continuous living" described?
Shocking

Strange

Obscene

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

Plodding

Determined

Slick
7 What "really gets to" the speaker?
The first rain

The world's baubles and trinkets

The neighbor's garden

The greening of the trees
8 How many lines does this poem have?
12

14

10

16
9 Who or what seems to speak in the closing lines of the poem?
The sky

The reader

The neighbor

The tree
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?
Sestina

Triolet

Sonnet

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

Poet Laureate of the U.S.

Librarian of Congress

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

The Carrying

The Hurting Kind

Sharks in the Rivers
14 Where was "Instructions on Not Giving Up" first published?
The New Yorker

Poetry Magazine

Social media

Poem-a-Day from the Academy of American Poets
15 What is the term for breaking a line of poetry in the middle of a phrase or sentence?
Iambic pentameter

Volta

Assonance

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

Unlike

It is not

Beyond
17 What defiant declaration gets repeated in the last three lines?
I'll take it

I am ready

Come what may

Bring it on
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?
Onomatopoeia

Alliteration

Personification

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

Hands / touch images

Ears / auditory images

Eyes / visual images
21 Which of the following is NOT an accurate statement of the poem's message?
Nature has powerful lessons on how not to give up

Choose to keep living and accept what life has in store

You can recover from hurt and loss

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

Grass versus pavement

Silence versus sound

Sky versus earth
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?
Dactylic hexameter

Trochaic tetrameter

Iambic hexameter

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