How to Triumph Like a Girl Quizzes

How to Triumph Like a Girl Quiz

1 What speed are the horses described as running?
10 miles per hour

40 miles in a mere day

40 miles per hour

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

lady horses

girls

female horses
3 What do the horses do, after winning?
neigh

dance

swagger

prance
4 Running seems almost as fun as what?
getting brushed

eating oats

jumping

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

Giddy up!

Listen girls!

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

they are her husband's horses

they always win

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

strange

dangerous

indomitable
8 How heavy is the horse heart described?
2 tons

1 pound

8 ounces

8 pounds
9 What question phrase gets repeated in two consecutive lines?
Won't you come...

Shouldn't I know...

Can't you see...

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

conspiratorial

downcast

inspiring
11 What does the speaker invite the reader to imagine doing?
racing with her

lifting her shirt

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?
dangerous

genius

magical

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

body

machine

divine
14 The heart knows it is "going to ________"
beat the competition

come in first

take the prize

win the race
15 In line 13, the heart is described as "giant with _____, heavy with _____"
ability / meat

blood / power

power / blood

force / danger
16 How many stanzas is this poem?
none

one

eighteen

four
17 In what book did this poem appear?
The Carrying

Lucky Wreck

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

machine bodies

winning competitions
19 What is Ada Limón's day job, aside from writing?
professor

none

musician

horse jockey
20 What role did Ada Limón assume in 2022?
Editor of Poetry Magazine

U.S. Poet Laureate

Librarian of Congress

Inauguration Poet
21 What award did this poem win?
The Pro Forma Prize

The Pushcart Prize

The National Book Critics Circle Award

The T.S. Eliot Prize
22 To what state did Ada Limón move while writing this book?
New York

Kentucky

California

Montana
23 What form is this poem in?
sonnet

iambic pentameter

free verse

unrhymed couplets
24 Which of the following is NOT true about Ada Limón?
she writes often about the natural world

her poems are never about her life

she grew up in California

she has hosted a poetry podcast
25 Quick! Without looking, what is the title of this poem?
How to Win Like a Woman

How to Triumph Like a Girl

How to Win Like a Girl

How to Triumph As a Girl

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