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DEEP WATER by William Douglas CLASS-12 (Flamingo Chapter-03)

1. Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.          4+4 = 8

(A) 

But I was not finished. I still wondered if I would be terror-stricken when I was alone in the pool. I tried it. I swam the length up and down. Tiny vestiges of the old terror would return. But now I could frown and say to that terror, “Trying to scare me, eh? Well, here’s to you! Look!” And off I’d go for another length of the pool.

I. What according to the narrator was “not finished”?

(a) Learning new strokes in swimming  

(b) His father’s desires for him  

(c) Learning swimming  

(d) None of the above

II. “But I was not finished. I still wondered if I would be terror-stricken when I was alone in the pool.” Shows ……..

(a) Determination

(b) Surprise

(c) Confidence

(d) Suspicion

III. “Trying to scare me, eh? Well, here’s to you! Look!” And off I’d go for another length of the pool.” Shows…..

(a) Determination

(b) Self confidence

(c) Victory over pain

(d) Making fun

IV. Who is “you” here? 

(a) Douglas himself

(b) Terror

(c) Water

(d) Swimming pool

(B) 

With that he picked me up and tossed me into the deep end. I landed in a sitting position, swallowed water, and went at once to the bottom. I was frightened, but not yet frightened out of my wits. On the way down I planned: When my feet hit the bottom, I would make a big jump, come to the surface, lie flat on it, and paddle to the edge of the pool. It seemed a long way down. Those nine feet were more like ninety, and before….

V. Who is “he” here?

(a) The instructor

(b) Big bruiser boy

(c) His father 

(d) His old terror

VI. “I was frightened, but not yet frightened out of my wits.” Shows that Douglas still had 

(a) Lost his presence of mind

(b) Fear in his mind

(c) Not come out of his water wings

(d) Remarkable self-control

 

VII. The given para presents Douglas as a----

(a) Fearful man

(b) Strategic man

(c) Doubtful ma

(d) Environment friendly man

VIII. “Those nine feet were more like ninety” the literary device used here is -

(a) Metaphor

(b) Hyperbole

(c) Personification

(d) Imagery

2. Read the statements and answer the questions that follows.       (1x8 =8 Marks)

I. What did Douglas do about his inferiority complex  (हीन भावना when he had to get into the pool?

(a) He practiced very hard

(b) He bought a pair of water wings

(c) He remembered the famous saying of Roosevelt

(d) He subdued his pride and walked into the pool

II. Choose the statement that is NOT TRUE with reference to Douglas-----

(a) Douglas’s fear kept him away from leisurely activities in water.

(b) The fall in the pool at YMCA taught Douglas a life lesson

(c) The fear of drowning was the source of Douglas’s anxiety and terror

(d) Douglas decided to practice relentlessly to overcome his fear

III. Which is/are NOT the theme of “Deep Water”?

(1) Psychological analysis of fear

(2) ‘fear’ and its ‘triumph’ over it

(3) Practice makes a man perfect

Choose the correct code:

(a) Only (1) 

(b) only (2)

(c) Both (1) and (3) 

(d) None of the above

IV. How Douglas could that he was still alive in the water?

(1) By paddling inside water in all directions

(2) By beating of his heart and pounding of his head

(3) Hitting the bottom and come up like a cork

(4) Screaming as loud as he could

V. Douglas’s introduction to the Y.M.CA. swimming pool revived

(1) unpleasant memories

(2) his mother’s warnings,

(3) his father’s dream for him,

(4) childish fears

Choose the correct code:
(a) Only (1) 

(b) Only (1) and (3)

(c) Only (1) and (4)

(d) All (1), (2), (3), (4)

VI. What complex did Douglas have when he had to get into the pool?

(a) He was ashamed when his father laughed at him

(b) He was ashamed to expose his lean and thin legs

(c) He was ashamed of people who were senior to him in age

(d) None of the above

VII. Arrange the following into correct chronological sequence.

(1) “I crossed to oblivion and the curtain of life fell”

(2) the waves knocked me down and swept over me

(3) Bit by bit I shed part of the panic that seized me

(4) and Gilbert Peak returned the echo

Choose the correct code:

(a) 4,3,2,1 

(b) 2,1,3,4 

(c) 4,2,1,3 

(d) 1,2,3,4

VIII. Which of the following was not the long-term consequence of the drowning incident on Douglas? 

(a) He always felt terrified near water

(b) He could not enjoy any water sports

(c) Water spoiled all his holidays

(d) the incident met him with his instructor who removed his fear

3. Attempt all the questions given below, in 30-40 words each.       2x12= 24 Marks

Qs1. Though the mother did not allow Douglas to go to Yakima river, she allowed him to go to swimming pool at YMCA. Why?

Qs2. When and how did William Douglas’ aversion to water begin?

Qs3. How did his swimming instructor ‘build a swimmer’ out of Douglas?  

Qs4. Why was Douglas determined to get over his fear of water? 

Qs5. “But I was still not satisfied.” What did he do to satisfy himself? 

Qs6. How did Douglas hope to come out when he was thrown into the Y.M.C.A pool ? 

Qs7.“And then in the midst of the terror came a touch of reason.” What was that and did it succeed ? 

Qs8.“I was frightened, but not yet frightened out of my wits.” What does this mean? 

Qs9. “This handicap stayed with me as the years rolled by.” Which handicap does the author refer to? How did this handicap influence his life?

Qs10. “I crossed to oblivion, and the curtain of life fell.” How did Douglas experience the sensation of dying before he actually crossed to oblivion?

Qs11. What did Roosevelt mean when he said, ‘All we have to fear is fear itself.’ How did Douglas realize this in his own life?  

Qs12. “Trying to scare me, eh? Well, here is to you.” What is the significance of Douglas monologue here ? 

4. Attempt all the questions given below, in 120-150 words each.    2x5=10 Marks

Qs13.“If we run away from our fears, they grow, if we fight them, they shrink.” Discuss.

Qs14.  What made Douglas decide to overcome his fear of water? What systematic method did he follow to succeed?

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