Deep Water Class 12 MCQ Quiz – Test Your Understanding!

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Are you preparing for CBSE Class 12 English Chapter "Deep Water"? This interactive MCQ quiz will help you revise key themes, character insights, and exam-focused questions in an engaging way!

About the Quiz

  • Chapter Name: Deep Water
  • Author: William Douglas
  • Subject: Class 12 English (Flamingo)
  • Question Type: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
  • Difficulty Level: Concept-Based & Exam-Oriented
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Why Take This Quiz?

✔ Covers themes, character development, and moral lessons
✔ Includes extract-based & high-order MCQs
✔ Ideal for quick revision before CBSE board exams

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Deep Water

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Samuel has a phobia of heights but is scared and can’t overcome it. Choose the option that displays advice.

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Thus, piece by piece, he built a swimmer. And when he had perfected each piece, he put them together into an integrated whole. In April he said, "Now you can swim. Dive off and swim the length of the pool, crawl stroke."

I did. The instructor was finished.

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.

What led the narrator to believe that he was 'not finished'?

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Thus, piece by piece, he built a swimmer. And when he had perfected each piece, he put them together into an integrated whole. In April he said, "Now you can swim. Dive off and swim the length of the pool, crawl stroke."

I did. The instructor was finished.

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.

Which of these BEST describes the narrator's relationship with his fear?

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Select the option that lists the qualities of Douglas’ trainer.

  1. adventurous
  2. generous
  3. patient
  4. methodical
  5. encouraging
  6. courageous

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Thus, piece by piece, he built a swimmer. And when he had perfected each piece, he put them together into an integrated whole. In April he said, "Now you can swim. Dive off and swim the length of the pool, crawl stroke."

I did. The instructor was finished.

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.

Which of these BEST describes the contrast in the focus of the swimming instructor and the narrator when it came to swimming?

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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. This went on until July. But I was still not satisfied. I was not sure that all the terror had left. So, I went to Lake Wentworth in New Hampshire, dived off a dock at Triggs Island, and swam two miles across the lake to Stamp Act Island. I swam the crawl, breaststroke, sidestroke, and backstroke. Only once did the terror return. When I was in the middle of the lake, I put my face under and saw nothing but bottomless water. The old sensation returned in miniature.

Select the option that lists the correct inference based on the information in the extract.

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The chap that threw me in was saying, “But I was only fooling.” Choose the option mentioning the personality traits of this ‘chap’.

  1. persuasive
  2. irresponsible
  3. domineering
  4. manipulative
  5. Callous

8 / 15

Choose the quote that DOES NOT resonate with the central idea of the chapter.

deep water class 12 questions answers

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Then all effort ceased. I relaxed. Even my legs felt limp, and a blackness swept over my brain. It wiped out fear; it wiped out terror. There was no more panic. It was quiet and peaceful. Nothing to be afraid of. This is nice... to be drowsy... to go to sleep... no need to jump... too tired to jump... it’s nice to be carried gently... to float along in space... tender arms around me... tender arms like Mother’s... now I must go to sleep... I crossed to oblivion, and the curtain of life fell.

The ‘curtain (of life) fell’ corresponds to an aspect of

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The swimming instructor helped the narrator to regain his __________.

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My breath was gone. I was frightened. Father laughed, but there was terror in my heart at the overpowering force of the waves. My introduction to the Y.M.CA. swimming pool revived unpleasant memories and stirred childish fears. But in a little while I gathered confidence. I paddled with my new water wings, watching the other boys and trying to learn by aping them. I did this two or three times on different days and was just beginning to feel at ease in the water when the misadventure happened.

The misadventure that took place right after the author felt comfortable was that

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My breath was gone. I was frightened. Father laughed, but there was terror in my heart at the overpowering force of the waves. My introduction to the Y.M.CA. swimming pool revived unpleasant memories and stirred childish fears. But in a little while I gathered confidence. I paddled with my new water wings, watching the other boys and trying to learn by aping them. I did this two or three times on different days and was just beginning to feel at ease in the water when the misadventure happened.

Choose the option that describes the equipment used by the author while learning to swim.

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Then all effort ceased. I relaxed. Even my legs felt limp, and a blackness swept over my brain. It wiped out fear; it wiped out terror. There was no more panic. It was quiet and peaceful. Nothing to be afraid of. This is nice... to be drowsy... to go to sleep... no need to jump... too tired to jump... it’s nice to be carried gently... to float along in space... tender arms around me... tender arms like Mother’s... now I must go to sleep... I crossed to oblivion, and the curtain of life fell.

Which option indicates that the poet lost consciousness?

14 / 15

Which of these incidents is similar to what the narrator of 'Deep Water' experienced with swimming?

15 / 15

The most appropriate justification for the title of the chapter ‘Deep Water’ is that

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Key Topics Covered in the Quiz

Douglas' childhood fear of water
The Y.M.C.A. pool incident
Overcoming fear through perseverance
Symbolism of fear and courage
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