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?

girls

lady horses

female horses

mares
3 What do the horses do, after winning?

dance

swagger

neigh

prance
4 Running seems almost as fun as what?

eating oats

jumping

getting brushed

taking a nap
5 What command does the speaker give the horses?

Listen girls!

Ears up!

Whoa there!

Giddy up!
6 What's the real reason the speaker likes the horses?

they always win

they're beautiful

they are her husband's horses

they're ladies
7 "As if this big _______ animal is also a part of me"

incredible

indomitable

strange

dangerous
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?

Don't you want...

Shouldn't I know...

Can't you see...

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

cocky

inspiring

downcast

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

lifting her shirt

racing with her

peeling off her skin

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

genius

magical

wild

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

device

machine

body

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

take the prize

win the race

beat the competition

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

blood / power

power / blood

ability / meat

force / danger
16 How many stanzas is this poem?

one

eighteen

four

none
17 In what book did this poem appear?

Lucky Wreck

The Carrying

The Hurting Kind

Bright Dead Things
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?

horse jockey

musician

none

professor
20 What role did Ada Limón assume in 2022?

Librarian of Congress

Inauguration Poet

U.S. Poet Laureate

Editor of Poetry Magazine
21 What award did this poem win?

The Pro Forma Prize

The National Book Critics Circle Award

The T.S. Eliot Prize

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

Kentucky

New York

California

Montana
23 What form is this poem in?

sonnet

unrhymed couplets

free verse

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

she writes often about the natural world

she grew up in California

she has hosted a poetry podcast

her poems are never about her life
25 Quick! Without looking, what is the title of this poem?

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