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

40 miles in a mere day

a mile a minute

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

lady horses

girls

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

prance

swagger

dance
4 Running seems almost as fun as what?
eating oats

jumping

taking a nap

getting brushed
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"
indomitable

dangerous

strange

incredible
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...

Don't you want...

Shouldn't I know...

Won't you come...
10 Which of the following does NOT accurately describe the tone of this poem?
conspiratorial

cocky

downcast

inspiring
11 What does the speaker invite the reader to imagine doing?
lifting her shirt

peeling off her skin

racing with her

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?
device

machine

divine

body
14 The heart knows it is "going to ________"
take the prize

come in first

beat the competition

win the race
15 In line 13, the heart is described as "giant with _____, heavy with _____"
blood / power

ability / meat

force / danger

power / blood
16 How many stanzas is this poem?
none

one

eighteen

four
17 In what book did this poem appear?
Lucky Wreck

Bright Dead Things

The Carrying

The Hurting Kind
18 Which of the following themes of this poem does NOT recur throughout the book?
winning competitions

machine bodies

hearts

horses and animals
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

Librarian of Congress

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

The Pro Forma Prize

The T.S. Eliot Prize

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

Kentucky

California

New York
23 What form is this poem in?
sonnet

unrhymed couplets

iambic pentameter

free verse
24 Which of the following is NOT true about Ada Limón?
she grew up in California

her poems are never about her life

she has hosted a poetry podcast

she writes often about the natural world
25 Quick! Without looking, what is the title of this poem?
How to Triumph As a Girl

How to Win Like a Woman

How to Triumph Like a Girl

How to Win Like a Girl

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