Instructions on Not Giving Up Quizzes

Instructions on Not Giving Up Quiz

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

Pear

Cherry

Oak

Maple
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?

Palm

Scars

Fist

Eyes
4 What color are the crabapple blossoms?

Jade

Slate

Fuchsia

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

Empty

Obscene

Strange

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

Plodding

Slick

Patient

Determined
7 What "really gets to" the speaker?

The greening of the trees

The world's baubles and trinkets

The neighbor's garden

The first rain
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 sky

The tree

The neighbor

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

Cotton candy

Plodding

Frenzied

Taffy
11 What poetic form does this poem draw on?

Triolet

Sonnet

Villanelle

Sestina
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"?

The Carrying

Bright Dead Things

Sharks in the Rivers

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

Social media

Poetry Magazine

The New Yorker

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?

Assonance

Iambic pentameter

Enjambment

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

Beyond

More than

Unlike

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

I am ready

Come what may

I'll take it

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

1910s

2000s

1950s

1800s
19 Which of the following literary devices is NOT used prominently within the poem?

Personification

Metaphor

Onomatopoeia

Alliteration
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?

Choose to keep living and accept what life has in store

Celebrate now, because life is short

Nature has powerful lessons on how not to give up

You can recover from hurt and loss
22 What is the central contrast in the poem's image system?

Silence versus sound

Grass versus pavement

Flowers versus leaves

Sky versus earth
23 What other role has Ada Limón held, aside from poet?

Musician

Politician

Podcast host

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

Dactylic hexameter

Iambic pentameter

Trochaic tetrameter

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

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