How to Triumph Like a Girl Quizzes

How to Triumph Like a Girl Quiz

By Rebecca Bedell · Edited by James Cooper · Last reviewed November 23, 2022

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

mares

girls

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

neigh

swagger

dance

prance
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 always win

they are her husband's horses

they're beautiful

they're ladies
7 "As if this big _______ animal is also a part of me"

indomitable

incredible

strange

dangerous
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?

Won't you come...

Shouldn't I know...

Don't you want...

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

cocky

downcast

inspiring

conspiratorial
11 What does the speaker invite the reader to imagine doing?

looking into her eyes

peeling off her skin

lifting her shirt

racing with her
12 In line 16, two words follow "the huge beating ______ _______" - what is the first of these words?

genius

wild

magical

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

machine

body

divine

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

come in first

win the race

take the prize

beat the competition
15 In line 13, the heart is described as "giant with _____, heavy with _____"

power / blood

ability / meat

blood / power

force / danger
16 How many stanzas is this poem?

four

none

one

eighteen
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

horses and animals

winning competitions

hearts
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?

Inauguration Poet

Editor of Poetry Magazine

U.S. Poet Laureate

Librarian of Congress
21 What award did this poem win?

The T.S. Eliot Prize

The Pro Forma Prize

The National Book Critics Circle Award

The Pushcart Prize
22 To what state did Ada Limón move while writing this book?

Kentucky

New York

California

Montana
23 What form is this poem in?

sonnet

free verse

iambic pentameter

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

she writes often about the natural world

she grew up in California

she has hosted a poetry podcast

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

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