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 in a mere day

10 miles per hour

a mile a minute

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

lady horses

girls

female horses

mares
3 What do the horses do, after winning?

neigh

swagger

dance

prance
4 Running seems almost as fun as what?

getting brushed

taking a nap

jumping

eating oats
5 What command does the speaker give the horses?

Giddy up!

Whoa there!

Listen girls!

Ears up!
6 What's the real reason the speaker likes the horses?

they're beautiful

they're ladies

they always win

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

dangerous

strange

incredible

indomitable
8 How heavy is the horse heart described?

8 pounds

2 tons

8 ounces

1 pound
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?

inspiring

cocky

downcast

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

looking into her eyes

racing with her

peeling off her skin

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

genius

magical

dangerous

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

divine

device

body

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

take the prize

beat the competition

win the race

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

force / danger

ability / meat

power / blood

blood / power
16 How many stanzas is this poem?

one

none

eighteen

four
17 In what book did this poem appear?

The Carrying

Bright Dead Things

Lucky Wreck

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

machine bodies

horses and animals

hearts

winning competitions
19 What is Ada Limón's day job, aside from writing?

musician

horse jockey

professor

none
20 What role did Ada Limón assume in 2022?

Librarian of Congress

Inauguration Poet

U.S. Poet Laureate

Editor of Poetry Magazine
21 What award did this poem win?

The Pro Forma Prize

The Pushcart Prize

The National Book Critics Circle Award

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

Kentucky

California

Montana

New York
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 writes often about the natural world

she has hosted a poetry podcast

she grew up in California

her poems are never about her life
25 Quick! Without looking, what is the title of this poem?

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