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Practice session 1 12th

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All we have to fear is fear itself. Who said these words?

a)

(a) Douglas

b)

(b) his instructor

c)

(c) his father

d)

(d) President Roosevelt

2.

What do you think you can do to me’? These words were spoken by Douglas to

a)

(a) a shark

b)

(b) to his enemy

c)

(c) to the boy who pushed him

d)

(d) to terror

3.

Douglas had to repeat exhaling and inhaling exercises

a)

hundred times

b)

Forty times

c)

Fifty times

d)

Ten times

4.
What does the poem speak about?
a)
the necessity to be happy
b)
the necessity to introspect , understand and have feelings of brotherhood
c)
the necessity to work quietly
d)
none
5.
What does the title of the poem suggest?
a)
Inactivity
b)
noise
c)
unhappiness
d)
Maintenance of silence
6.
What does counting upto 12 signify and how will it help?
a)
hours of the day
b)
months of a year
c)
it will help to create peace and harmony
d)
all
7.
What is poet's pen name?
a)
Neruda
b)
Pable
c)
Pablo
d)
Pablo Neruda
8.
What does the style of the poem symbolise, that the poet used to write with?
a)
desires
b)
happiness
c)
hope
d)
desire and hope
9.
What is the original language of the poem ?
a)
English
b)
French
c)
Pali
d)
Spanish
10.
What is the essence or message of the poem ?
a)
introspection and retrospection to be more peaceful and be in harmony
b)
to prosper
c)
to be happier
d)
to reach out more people
11.
What does the poet feel is needed to be at peace?
a)
meeting with people
b)
talking with people
c)
interaction with the people
d)
Soul searching
12.
According to the poet what creates barriers?
a)
interactions
b)
reactions
c)
fighting
d)
languages
13.
Why does the poet ask people not to speak?
a)
because it creates noise
b)
he doesn't like noise
c)
it makes things unpleasant
d)
because it creates barriers or obstacles in the form of misunderstanding amongst people
14.
What is the rhyming scheme used in the poem?
a)
enclosed rhyme
b)
Monorhyme
c)
sonnet
d)
Free verse
15.
How is keeping quiet related to life and can change attitude?
a)
it helps to think and search soul
b)
helps to scratch one's soul
c)
helps to develop new thinking process
d)
All these
16.
How will keeping quiet protect our environment?
a)
by creating peace and brotherhood feelings
b)
no noise will be there
c)
people will not fight
d)
none
17.
What is destroying the environment?
a)
unthoughtful actions
b)
violent actions
c)
speaking without thinking
d)
All
18.

Douglas had to repeat exhaling and inhaling exercises

a)

100

b)

40

c)

10

d)

5

19.

Sudden strangeness is one of the following poetic devices

a)

Alliteration

b)

personification

c)

repetition

d)

Smile

20.
Not move our arms' what does this expression refer to?
a)
sit quietly
b)
stand quietly
c)
to be inactive
d)
sitting still without any movement
21.
Why is silence treated as a big issue?
a)
it helps to search our soul
b)
helps us to analyze our actions
c)
helps us to be thoughtful and find our true self
d)
All these
22.
What should not be confused with total inactivity or death?
a)
no movement
b)
a statue
c)
talking people
d)
Stillness and silence
23.
What can be a cure or an antidote to violent actions?
a)
speaking practice
b)
wise words
c)
polished language
d)
Practice of silence
24.
What is the sadness in the poem that the poet speaks about ?
a)
violence because of unthoughtfulness of the people
b)
unnecessary movements
c)
speaking aloud
d)
fighting
25.
What does the earth symbolise?
a)
perseverence and new beginning from seemingly stillness
b)
stillness
c)
greenery
d)
prosperity
26.
What is always alive even when everything seems to be dead or still?
a)
mountains
b)
rivers
c)
Sun
d)
Earth and nature are always alive
27.

having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain.

a)

avaricious

b)

gregarious

c)

stifling

d)

elusive

28.

a superficial appearance or illusion of something.

a)

torrent

b)

facade

c)

infusion

d)

colloquialism

29.

a word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one used in ordinary or familiar conversation.

a)

infusion

b)

colloquialism

c)

amenities

d)

aristocrat

30.

presented or expressed in a subtle and effective way.

a)

torrent

b)

gregarious

c)

stifling

d)

understated

31.

a person new to or inexperienced in a field or situation.

a)

nubile

b)

understated

c)

amiable

d)

novice

32.
William Douglas was a friend and adviser of
a)
President Kennedy
b)
President Cleveland
c)
President Roosevelt
d)
President Clinton
33.
The writer decided to learn to swim when he was about
a)
ten or eleven years old
b)
fifteen or sixteen years old
c)
twenty years old
d)
eighteen years old
34.
The pool’s depth at the deep end was
a)
twenty feet
b)
nine feet
c)
six feet
d)
eight feet
35.
Though Douglas was frightened, he was not
a)
afraid to die
b)
going to survive
c)
out of his wits
d)
able to shout for help
36.
The nine feet seemed to Douglas like
a)
hundred feet
b)
ninety feet
c)
fifty feet
d)
twenty-five feet
37.
Where was the lake Wentworth?
a)
In New Hampshire
b)
in Washington
c)
in California
d)
in Washington D.C
38.
What distance Douglas covered while swimming across the lake Wentworth?
a)
4 miles
b)
3 miles
c)
5 miles
d)
2 miles
39.
How did Douglas make sure that he had conquered the old terror?
a)
By visiting California
b)
By jumping into the waters
c)
By taking a lesson from the instructor
d)
By swimming into the lake Wentworth
40.
Deep water is an excerpt from which book?
a)
Fear of water
b)
Of Men and Mountains
c)
How to Swim
d)
Fearless
41.
How many times did Douglas try to come to the surface of the pool?
a)
Twice
b)
Once
c)
Five times
d)
Thrice
42.
What was the impact of the pool incident?
a)
Developed fear
b)
Became confident
c)
Became overconfident
d)
Hydrophobia was revived
43.
Why did Douglas fail to come to the surface of the pool as he hoped to?
a)
Because of fear of swimming
b)
Because of fear
c)
Because of inability to move
d)
Because of fear and inability to move
44.
How did the instructor make Douglas a good swimmer?
a)
Planning
b)
With the help of ropes
c)
By pushing him into the pool
d)
With the help of ropes and belts
45.
What does Deep Water signify?
a)
Beauty
b)
Depth of Sea
c)
Depth of ocean
d)
Fear
46.
Who threw Douglas into the swimming pool?
a)
A young boy
b)
Instructor
c)
Mother
d)
Watchman
47.
What is the theme of the story Deep Water?
a)
Victory in facing the fear
b)
Being fearful
c)
To learn swimming
d)
All
48.

The genre of 'Deep Water' is _______________.

a)

Biography

b)

Autobiography

c)

Novella

d)

Fantasy

49.

What is the figure of speech used in the line, "I imagined I would bob to the surface like a cork."

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Alliteration

d)

Pun

50.

What is the figure of speech used in the line, "And then sheer, stark terror seized me."?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Alliteration

d)

Assonance

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