Sample Exercise Quiz

What imagery is predominant in the lines of the poem Gabu by Carlos Angeles?

The battering restlessness of the sea

Insists a tidal fury upon the beach

At Gabu, and its pure consistency

Havocs the wasteland hard within its reach

• Olfactory Imagery

• Visual Imagery

• Tactile Imagery

• Gustatory Imagery

The vital splendor misses. For here, here

At Gabu where the ageless tide recurs

All things forfeited are the most loved and dear

It is the sea pursues a habit of shores.

Vital in the stanza is synonymous to?

• Lifeless

• Vapid

• Inanimate

• Spirited

The vital splendor misses. For here, here

At Gabu where the ageless tide recurs

All things forfeited are the most loved and dear

It is the sea pursues a habit of shores.

Splendor in the stanza is synonymous to?

• Gloriousness

• Blackness

• Brilliance

• Sublime

Who is the sea in the poem Gabu by Carlos Angeles?

• The body of water

• The Author

• The reader of the poem

• The poem itself

The poem Gabu by Carlos Angeles lets us reflect:

• What makes life an ageless tide that recurs?

• What does life mean amidst the vastness of the sea?

• Why are we like the sea, why do we keep on battering restlessly?

• Why are we restless like the sea, why do we keep pursuing the shore?

What social reality is being referred to in the poem On How to Find Silence in the World by Cirilo Bautista?

• Color Coding

• Racial Appropriation

• Racial Discrimination

• Ethnocentrism

What is meant on the following lines: “Mouth curved downward, she’s sad like her meals. No, she wears a smile, she’s happy because she’s always full”.

• Irony

• Happiness VS. Sadness

• Sad Meals

• Direct emotions