Instructions on Not Giving Up Quizzes

Instructions on Not Giving Up Quiz

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

Maple

Pear

Oak

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

Flowers fallen onto the ground

Autumn leaves littering the sidewalk

The speaker's joyous feelings

Leftover party decorations from New Year's
3 When the new leaf is unfurling, to what human body part is it compared?

Eyes

Palm

Fist

Scars
4 What color are the crabapple blossoms?

Jade

Fuchsia

White

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

Empty

Strange

Obscene

Shocking
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 first rain

The greening of the trees

The world's baubles and trinkets
8 How many lines does this poem have?

10

14

12

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

The sky

The neighbor

The tree

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

Plodding

Taffy

Frenzied

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

Sestina

Villanelle

Triolet

Sonnet
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 Carrying

The Hurting Kind
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?

Enjambment

Volta

Iambic pentameter

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

Beyond

Unlike

It is not

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

I'll take it

Come what may

I am ready

Bring it on
18 During what era was Ada Limón writing?

1910s

1950s

1800s

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

Metaphor

Alliteration

Personification

Onomatopoeia
20 To which of the human senses does the poem appeal most?

Eyes / visual images

Tongue / taste images

Ears / auditory images

Hands / touch 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

Choose to keep living and accept what life has in store

You can recover from hurt and loss
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

Musician

Podcast host
24 What meter describes the poem's final line?

Dactylic hexameter

Iambic pentameter

Iambic hexameter

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

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