This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Common Subjects > English Flamingo > Class 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 3 Deep Water – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 3 Deep Water Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Do you know who won the race? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 2. How did Douglas develop an extreme fear of water? A) Misadventure at the YMCA pool. B) Misadventure at the Lake Wentworth. C) Misadventure at the Meade Glacier. D) Misadventure at the Yakima River. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Misadventure at the YMCA pool. 3. In which subject has the author graduated? A) English and History. B) English and Science. C) Science and Social studies. D) English and Economics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) English and Economics. 4. The instructor trained him from A) October-April. B) September-March. C) August-December. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) October-April. 5. In order to prevail over the fear of water, the author: A) Made no efforts. B) Made a little efforts. C) Made all efforts. D) Did nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Made all efforts. 6. Statement 1:The narrator was very tired and became unconscious.Statement 2:The narrator made many efforts to save himself from drowning. A) Statement 1 is the cause, statement 2 is the effect. B) Statement 2 is the effect, statement 1 is the cause. C) Both the statements are the effects of a common cause. D) Both the statements are the effects of independent causes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Statement 1 is the cause, statement 2 is the effect. 7. What is another activity the girls spend hours doing in the story? A) Watching TV. B) Shopping. C) Talking. D) Lifting weights. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lifting weights. 8. What is the term for the way arms and legs are moved during swimming? A) Stroke. B) Clamber. C) Propel. D) Lap. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stroke. 9. What literary genre does 'Deep Water' belong to? A) Fiction. B) Autobiography. C) Poetry. D) Drama. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autobiography. 10. What does the word "slot" mean? A) It is a number. B) Only one spot or space. C) It means to swim. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Only one spot or space. 11. The process by which deep, cold, nutrient-rich water is brought to the surface is known as: A) Thermocline. B) Downwelling. C) Halocline. D) Upwelling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Upwelling. 12. What does Douglas do to save himself in the pool? A) Used his mind and pushed himself up. B) Shouted aloud. C) Swam upto the shallow end. D) Tried to reach the edge of the pool. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Used his mind and pushed himself up. 13. What is the main theme of 'Deep Water'? A) Love. B) Friendship. C) Overcoming fear. D) Adventure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Overcoming fear. 14. What did William O Doughlas desire for? A) Visit to California. B) To be a judge. C) To learn swimming. D) To be with his mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To learn swimming. 15. These are organisms that live in the deepest parts of the ocean and have bacteria to perform chemosynthesis. A) Sharks. B) Tube Worms. C) Sea Turtles. D) Dolphins. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tube Worms. 16. When the author's feet touched the bottom, he: A) Made a big jump. B) Lay flat at the bottom. C) Made no efforts to come to the surface. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Made a big jump. 17. According to the text, what's one of the MOST IMPORTANT rules of diving? A) You shouldn't dive deeper than 1000 feet. B) Don't bother the sea life while you are under water. C) If you don't feel right, don't go down. D) Wear plenty of sunscreen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) If you don't feel right, don't go down. 18. "I crossed to oblivion, and the curtain of life fell" . What does oblivion mean? A) Changing room. B) Fear. C) Unconsciousness. D) Death. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unconsciousness. 19. What is Elizabeth and Sophie's main goal? A) To win a gold medal. B) To be on Team USA. C) To be the best friends forever. D) To stop swimming and start coaching. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To be on Team USA. 20. Which ocean layer is directly above the deep water layer? A) Mesopelagic zone. B) Epipelagic zone. C) Abyssopelagic zone. D) Bathypelagic zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bathypelagic zone. 21. What was the impact of the pool incident? A) Hydrophobia was revived. B) Developed fear. C) Became overconfident. D) Became confident. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydrophobia was revived. 22. Who are the primary characters in the story so far? A) Julie and her mom. B) Julie and her dad. C) Julie, Julie's Dad, Mr. Jordan, and Shane. D) Mr. Jordan, Shane, and Julie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Julie, Julie's Dad, Mr. Jordan, and Shane. 23. One of the more rare phobias, xanthophobia is the fear of objects that are what? A) Larger than a car. B) Sharp. C) Circular. D) Yellow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yellow. 24. Did Sophie and Elizabeth stay friends after the race? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 25. What does the author use to symbolize fear in 'Deep Water'? A) A deep pool. B) Cold water. C) Darkness. D) A stormy sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A deep pool. 26. Assertion:The narrator's mother warned him against swimming in the Yakima River. Reason:Many people swam safely in the Yakima River A) A is false but R is true. B) A is true but R is false. C) Both A and R are true. D) Both A and R are false. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A is true but R is false. 27. The word 'ducked' used in the story, means- A) To be turned into a duck. B) To bend in order to hide. C) To be dipped in water. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To be dipped in water. 28. Douglas left all the hope of survival after A) First trial. B) Second trial. C) Third trial. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third trial. 29. The big muscular boy ..... Douglas into the deep end of the pool. A) Picked up & tossed. B) Threw. C) Pushed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Picked up & tossed. 30. Where did the people carry him to? A) Home. B) Washroom. C) Locker room. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Locker room. 31. ..... are small cylinders used to primarily as a back-up air source. A) Sterns. B) Pony tanks. C) Regulator. D) BCD. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pony tanks. 32. WHICH IS AN ANTONYM OF-VESTIGES A) TRACES. B) RELICS. C) ENTIRENESS. D) REMENANTS. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ENTIRENESS. 33. The Yakima River was treacherous as: A) Its water was too salty. B) It was very deep. C) It was very long. D) It was very wide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was very deep. 34. After the author was fed up with teaching, he decided to opt for which career? A) A legal career. B) Gardening. C) Medical. D) Engineering. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A legal career. 35. 'When the misadventure happened' implies that ..... A) A big boy had thrown Douglas into the pool. B) No one came to rescue Douglas when he was drowning. C) The waves had knocked him down and swept over him. D) He was nothing but dark water and felt paralysed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A big boy had thrown Douglas into the pool. 36. The currents of the Earth's oceans are caused by A) Global winds and differences in temperature and salinity. B) Marine organisms and volcanic eruptions. C) Waves and earthquakes along tectonic plate boundaries. D) Disturbances by submarines and large ships. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Global winds and differences in temperature and salinity. 37. WHICH IS AN ANTONYM OF-HAUNTING A) BIZARRE. B) NORMAL. C) UNCANNY. D) CREEPY. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NORMAL. 38. He ..... his decision of what choice to make. A) Retrieved. B) Contemplated. C) Memorized. D) Maneuvered. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contemplated. 39. The opposite of ..... is digital A) Analog. B) Wheelhouse. C) BCD Bouyancy Compensator Device. D) Stern. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analog. 40. How long the fire had been burning at Deep Water Horizon Rig? A) 47 days. B) 30 days. C) 87 days. D) 97 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 87 days. 41. Assertion:I crossed to oblivion Reason:The curtain of life fell. A) If A is the cause, R is the effect. B) If A is the effect, R is the cause. C) Both A & R are the effect of a common cause. D) Both A & R are the effects of independent causes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If A is the cause, R is the effect. 42. Constantly moving system of deep-ocean circulation driven by temperature and salinity. It moves water around the globe. A) Global Conveyor Belt. B) California Current. C) Surface Currents. D) Gulf Stream. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Global Conveyor Belt. 43. Why did Douglas' mother recommend that he should learn swimming at the Y.M.C.A swimming pool? A) Because it was local. B) Because it was clean. C) Because it was supervised. D) Because it was shallow and safe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because it was shallow and safe. 44. The name of Yakima town was originated from- A) Yakama. B) Yakuma. C) Yakoma. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yakama. 45. William Douglas the author of the chapter was born in A) Meina Minnesota. B) Mane Minnesotta. C) Maine Minnesota. D) Maine Minnisota. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maine Minnesota. 46. What was stopping Douglas to get into the waters of Cascade? A) Memories of California. B) Memories of Washington. C) Instructions given by the instructor. D) Memories full of terror in the pool. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Memories full of terror in the pool. 47. Find a synonym of the capitalized word-'The old sensation returned in MINIATURE.' A) Huge. B) Scary. C) Small. D) Joyful. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Small. 48. Douglas was swept away by waves at A) YMCA Pool. B) California Beach. C) Lake Wentworth. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) California Beach. 49. What is another way to use the word "propelled" A) The girls propelled through the water. B) I propelled at lunch. C) Have you propelled today?. D) None of these sentences use propelled correctly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The girls propelled through the water. 50. What did the chap who threw him into the pool say? A) He tried to fool him. B) He tried to frightened him. C) He tried to make him learn swimming. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He tried to fool him. 51. Took part in a contest. A) Compete. B) Competed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Competed. 52. Statement 1:The narrator overcame his fear and terror and relaxed.Statement 2:The narrator was able to come out of the pool after a great effort. A) Statement 1 is True, statement 2 is False. B) Statement 2 is True, statement 1 is False. C) Both the statements are True. D) Both the Statements are False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Statement 1 is True, statement 2 is False. 53. The misadventure at the Y.M.C.A pool happened when A) Douglas was accompanied by friends. B) He was alone. C) He was with his mother. D) He was with his father. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was alone. 54. Temperature and salinity are the two factors affecting which type of current? A) Mid-ocean ridges. B) Deep Currents. C) Surface Currents. D) High tide and low tide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deep Currents. 55. STRIKE OFF WHICH IS NOT A SYNONYM OF-SLENDOR A) STOCKY. B) SKINNY. C) THIN. D) NARROW. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) STOCKY. 56. The nine feet seemed to Douglas like A) Ninety feet. B) Fifty feet. C) Hundred feet. D) Twenty-five feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ninety feet. 57. When and where did the narrator's aversion to water begin? A) When he was eleven years old and almost drowned in the YMCA pool. B) When he was thirty and swimming in a tourist spot. C) When he was six years old in his bathtub. D) When he was four years old at a California beach. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When he was four years old at a California beach. 58. What was the third level of swimming practise? A) Putting face under water. B) Kicking with his legs. C) Swim the length of the pool. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kicking with his legs. 59. Which proverb most aptly describes the theme of the story 'Deep Water'? A) All's well that ends well. B) Time and tide wait for none. C) Cut your coat according to your cloth. D) Where there's a will, there's a way. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Where there's a will, there's a way. 60. What lesson does 'Deep Water' teach about challenges? A) Ignore them. B) Avoid them. C) Face them. D) Fear them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Face them. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesCommon Subjects QuizzesClass 12 QuizzesClass 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 3 Deep Water Quiz 1Class 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 3 Deep Water Quiz 3Class 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 3 Deep Water Quiz 4Class 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 3 Deep Water Quiz 5Class 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 3 Deep Water Quiz 6Class 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 3 Deep Water Quiz 7Class 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 1 The Last Lesson QuizClass 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 2 Lost Spring Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books