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 per hour

a mile a minute

40 miles in a mere day

10 miles per hour
2 Which of the following terms is NEVER used to describe the horses in the poem?

mares

girls

female horses

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

swagger

prance

neigh

dance
4 Running seems almost as fun as what?

taking a nap

eating oats

jumping

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 ladies

they are her husband's horses

they're beautiful

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

incredible

strange

dangerous

indomitable
8 How heavy is the horse heart described?

8 pounds

2 tons

8 ounces

1 pound
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

cocky

downcast

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

looking into her eyes

peeling off her skin

racing with her

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

wild

dangerous

genius

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

machine

divine

body

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

win the race

take the prize

beat the competition

come in first
15 In line 13, the heart is described as "giant with _____, heavy with _____"

ability / meat

power / blood

force / danger

blood / power
16 How many stanzas is this poem?

none

four

one

eighteen
17 In what book did this poem appear?

The Hurting Kind

Lucky Wreck

Bright Dead Things

The Carrying
18 Which of the following themes of this poem does NOT recur throughout the book?

hearts

winning competitions

horses and animals

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

professor

none

horse jockey

musician
20 What role did Ada Limón assume in 2022?

Editor of Poetry Magazine

U.S. Poet Laureate

Inauguration Poet

Librarian of Congress
21 What award did this poem win?

The Pro Forma Prize

The Pushcart Prize

The T.S. Eliot Prize

The National Book Critics Circle Award
22 To what state did Ada Limón move while writing this book?

Montana

New York

Kentucky

California
23 What form is this poem in?

free verse

iambic pentameter

unrhymed couplets

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

her poems are never about her life

she writes often about the natural world

she has hosted a poetry podcast

she grew up in California
25 Quick! Without looking, what is the title of this poem?

How to Win Like a Girl

How to Triumph As a Girl

How to Triumph Like a Girl

How to Win Like a Woman

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