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

10 miles per hour

a mile a minute

40 miles in a mere day
2 Which of the following terms is NEVER used to describe the horses in the poem?

female horses

mares

girls

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

dance

prance

swagger

neigh
4 Running seems almost as fun as what?

taking a nap

getting brushed

jumping

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

Ears up!

Giddy up!

Whoa there!

Listen girls!
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"

strange

dangerous

incredible

indomitable
8 How heavy is the horse heart described?

1 pound

8 pounds

8 ounces

2 tons
9 What question phrase gets repeated in two consecutive lines?

Shouldn't I know...

Won't you come...

Can't you see...

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

inspiring

downcast

conspiratorial

cocky
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?

magical

wild

genius

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

machine

device

divine

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

take the prize

win the race

come in first

beat the competition
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?

none

eighteen

four

one
17 In what book did this poem appear?

Bright Dead Things

The Hurting Kind

Lucky Wreck

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

winning competitions

hearts

horses and animals

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

none

musician

professor

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 National Book Critics Circle Award

The Pushcart Prize

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

New York

Kentucky

Montana

California
23 What form is this poem in?

sonnet

iambic pentameter

unrhymed couplets

free verse
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?

How to Triumph Like a Girl

How to Win Like a Woman

How to Triumph As a Girl

How to Win Like a Girl

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