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 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

girls

lady horses

mares
3 What do the horses do, after winning?

swagger

prance

neigh

dance
4 Running seems almost as fun as what?

eating oats

jumping

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 beautiful

they're ladies

they are her husband's horses

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

strange

indomitable

dangerous

incredible
8 How heavy is the horse heart described?

8 pounds

1 pound

8 ounces

2 tons
9 What question phrase gets repeated in two consecutive lines?

Won't you come...

Shouldn't I know...

Can't you see...

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

conspiratorial

cocky

inspiring

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

racing with her

peeling off her skin

looking into her eyes

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?

body

device

machine

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

take the prize

beat the competition

come in first

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

ability / meat

force / danger

blood / power

power / blood
16 How many stanzas is this poem?

eighteen

four

none

one
17 In what book did this poem appear?

The Hurting Kind

The Carrying

Bright Dead Things

Lucky Wreck
18 Which of the following themes of this poem does NOT recur throughout the book?

hearts

winning competitions

machine bodies

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

horse jockey

none

musician

professor
20 What role did Ada Limón assume in 2022?

Inauguration Poet

U.S. Poet Laureate

Editor of Poetry Magazine

Librarian of Congress
21 What award did this poem win?

The Pushcart Prize

The National Book Critics Circle Award

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

sonnet

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

she has hosted a poetry podcast

her poems are never about her life

she grew up in California

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

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