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 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

girls

lady horses

mares
3 What do the horses do, after winning?
prance

swagger

dance

neigh
4 Running seems almost as fun as what?
taking a nap

jumping

getting brushed

eating oats
5 What command does the speaker give the horses?
Whoa there!

Listen girls!

Ears up!

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

they always win

they're beautiful

they are her husband's horses
7 "As if this big _______ animal is also a part of me"
dangerous

incredible

strange

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?
Can't you see...

Won't you come...

Don't you want...

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

downcast

cocky

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

peeling off her skin

lifting her shirt

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

dangerous

wild

magical
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 ________"
win the race

come in first

beat the competition

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

power / blood

ability / meat

blood / power
16 How many stanzas is this poem?
four

one

none

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

Bright Dead Things

The Hurting Kind

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

hearts

horses and animals

winning competitions
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

Inauguration Poet

U.S. Poet Laureate

Librarian of Congress
21 What award did this poem win?
The T.S. Eliot Prize

The Pushcart Prize

The National Book Critics Circle Award

The Pro Forma Prize
22 To what state did Ada Limón move while writing this book?
Montana

New York

California

Kentucky
23 What form is this poem in?
unrhymed couplets

free verse

sonnet

iambic pentameter
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 Girl

How to Triumph Like a Girl

How to Win Like a Woman

How to Triumph As a Girl

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