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

a mile a minute

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

girls

lady horses

mares

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

swagger

prance

neigh

dance
4 Running seems almost as fun as what?

jumping

taking a nap

getting brushed

eating oats
5 What command does the speaker give the horses?

Listen girls!

Giddy up!

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

indomitable

dangerous

strange
8 How heavy is the horse heart described?

1 pound

8 pounds

2 tons

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

Don't you want...

Won't you come...

Can't you see...

Shouldn't I know...
10 Which of the following does NOT accurately describe the tone of this poem?

conspiratorial

inspiring

downcast

cocky
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?

dangerous

genius

magical

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

device

divine

body

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

come in first

win the race

beat the competition

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

blood / power

ability / meat

power / blood

force / danger
16 How many stanzas is this poem?

none

four

one

eighteen
17 In what book did this poem appear?

Bright Dead Things

The Hurting Kind

The Carrying

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

machine bodies

winning competitions

horses and animals

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

professor

musician

horse jockey

none
20 What role did Ada Limón assume in 2022?

U.S. Poet Laureate

Editor of Poetry Magazine

Librarian of Congress

Inauguration Poet
21 What award did this poem win?

The Pro Forma Prize

The T.S. Eliot Prize

The Pushcart Prize

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

Montana

Kentucky

New York

California
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

she grew up in California

her poems are never about her life

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 Triumph As a Girl

How to Win Like a Girl

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