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

a mile a minute

40 miles in a mere day

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

lady horses

mares

girls

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

prance

dance

swagger

neigh
4 Running seems almost as fun as what?

jumping

taking a nap

eating oats

getting brushed
5 What command does the speaker give the horses?

Whoa there!

Ears up!

Giddy up!

Listen girls!
6 What's the real reason the speaker likes the horses?

they're beautiful

they always win

they're ladies

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?

2 tons

8 ounces

8 pounds

1 pound
9 What question phrase gets repeated in two consecutive lines?

Shouldn't I know...

Can't you see...

Won't you come...

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

inspiring

cocky

conspiratorial

downcast
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?

magical

genius

dangerous

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 ________"

win the race

beat the competition

take the prize

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

power / blood

ability / meat

force / danger

blood / power
16 How many stanzas is this poem?

four

none

eighteen

one
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?

machine bodies

hearts

winning competitions

horses and animals
19 What is Ada Limón's day job, aside from writing?

musician

professor

none

horse jockey
20 What role did Ada Limón assume in 2022?

Editor of Poetry Magazine

Librarian of Congress

Inauguration Poet

U.S. Poet Laureate
21 What award did this poem win?

The National Book Critics Circle Award

The Pushcart Prize

The Pro Forma Prize

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

California

Montana

New York

Kentucky
23 What form is this poem in?

free verse

unrhymed couplets

iambic pentameter

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

she grew up in California

she has hosted a poetry podcast

her poems are never about her life

she writes often about the natural world
25 Quick! Without looking, what is the title of this poem?

How to Win Like a Woman

How to Triumph As a Girl

How to Triumph Like a Girl

How to Win Like a Girl

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