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

female horses

mares

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

neigh

dance

prance
4 Running seems almost as fun as what?
jumping

eating oats

getting brushed

taking a nap
5 What command does the speaker give the horses?
Listen girls!

Ears up!

Giddy up!

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

they are her husband's horses

they're beautiful

they always win
7 "As if this big _______ animal is also a part of me"
dangerous

incredible

indomitable

strange
8 How heavy is the horse heart described?
8 pounds

8 ounces

1 pound

2 tons
9 What question phrase gets repeated in two consecutive lines?
Don't you want...

Won't you come...

Shouldn't I know...

Can't you see...
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?
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?
wild

dangerous

genius

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 ________"
beat the competition

take the prize

win the race

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

eighteen

one

none
17 In what book did this poem appear?
Lucky Wreck

The Carrying

Bright Dead Things

The Hurting Kind
18 Which of the following themes of this poem does NOT recur throughout the book?
horses and animals

winning competitions

machine bodies

hearts
19 What is Ada Limón's day job, aside from writing?
none

professor

musician

horse jockey
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 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?
New York

California

Montana

Kentucky
23 What form is this poem in?
iambic pentameter

unrhymed couplets

sonnet

free verse
24 Which of the following is NOT true about Ada Limón?
she has hosted a poetry podcast

she grew up in California

she writes often about the natural world

her poems are never about her life
25 Quick! Without looking, what is the title of this poem?
How to Triumph As a Girl

How to Win Like a Girl

How to Triumph Like a Girl

How to Win Like a Woman

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