How to Triumph Like a Girl Quizzes

How to Triumph Like a Girl Quiz

1 What speed are the horses described as running?

40 miles in a mere day

40 miles per hour

10 miles per hour

a mile a minute
2 Which of the following terms is NEVER used to describe the horses in the poem?

girls

female horses

mares

lady horses
3 What do the horses do, after winning?

neigh

swagger

dance

prance
4 Running seems almost as fun as what?

taking a nap

jumping

eating oats

getting brushed
5 What command does the speaker give the horses?

Giddy up!

Listen girls!

Ears up!

Whoa there!
6 What's the real reason the speaker likes the horses?

they're beautiful

they are her husband's horses

they're ladies

they always win
7 "As if this big _______ animal is also a part of me"

incredible

strange

indomitable

dangerous
8 How heavy is the horse heart described?

2 tons

8 pounds

1 pound

8 ounces
9 What question phrase gets repeated in two consecutive lines?

Can't you see...

Won't you come...

Shouldn't I know...

Don't you want...
10 Which of the following does NOT accurately describe the tone of this poem?

inspiring

conspiratorial

downcast

cocky
11 What does the speaker invite the reader to imagine doing?

peeling off her skin

racing with her

lifting her shirt

looking into her eyes
12 In line 16, two words follow "the huge beating ______ _______" - what is the first of these words?

genius

wild

dangerous

magical
13 In line 16, two words follow "the huge beating ______ _______" - what is the second of these words?

divine

machine

body

device
14 The heart knows it is "going to ________"

come in first

beat the competition

win the race

take the prize
15 In line 13, the heart is described as "giant with _____, heavy with _____"

ability / meat

blood / power

force / danger

power / blood
16 How many stanzas is this poem?

eighteen

four

none

one
17 In what book did this poem appear?

The Hurting Kind

Bright Dead Things

The Carrying

Lucky Wreck
18 Which of the following themes of this poem does NOT recur throughout the book?

horses and animals

hearts

winning competitions

machine bodies
19 What is Ada Limón's day job, aside from writing?

professor

musician

none

horse jockey
20 What role did Ada Limón assume in 2022?

U.S. Poet Laureate

Librarian of Congress

Editor of Poetry Magazine

Inauguration Poet
21 What award did this poem win?

The National Book Critics Circle Award

The Pro Forma Prize

The T.S. Eliot Prize

The Pushcart Prize
22 To what state did Ada Limón move while writing this book?

California

Montana

New York

Kentucky
23 What form is this poem in?

iambic pentameter

sonnet

free verse

unrhymed couplets
24 Which of the following is NOT true about Ada Limón?

her poems are never about her life

she has hosted a poetry podcast

she grew up in California

she writes often about the natural world
25 Quick! Without looking, what is the title of this poem?

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