This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 3 Deep Water – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 3 Deep Water Quiz 16 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When the narrator was pushed into the pool, he felt A) He could not hold his breath and felt as if his lungs would burst. B) To grab a rope and his hands clutched only at water. C) Lungs were ready to burst. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 2. What technology is primarily used for mapping the ocean floor in deep water? A) Sonar. B) Radar. C) Satellite imaging. D) LIDAR. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sonar. 3. Why did Douglas hire an instructor? A) To be confident in swimming. B) To compete with others. C) To flaunt. D) To overcome his fear of water and learn swimming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To overcome his fear of water and learn swimming. 4. Which genre does the story "Deep Water' belong to? A) Biography. B) Autobiography. C) Horror. D) Science fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autobiography. 5. The location was a valuable secret, and he did not trust them to keep their eyes off the ..... on the boat. A) Navigation equipment. B) Topographical map. C) Compass. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Navigation equipment. 6. Plankton are A) A type of fish. B) Any organisms that cannot swim against a current. C) Any organism that is found at the base of the food chain. D) Any microscopic organism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Any organisms that cannot swim against a current. 7. What is the story Deep Water speaking about? A) Fear of water and the way to overcome it. B) Fear of people. C) Fear of dogs. D) Fear of swimming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fear of water and the way to overcome it. 8. A ..... is an inflatable vest used to control one's ability to remain underwater or to rest at the surface. A) Buoyancy Compensator Device. B) Stern. C) Pony tank. D) Crossbow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Buoyancy Compensator Device. 9. An area marked off from one end of the pool to the other. A) Lane. B) Meet. C) Stroke. D) Sleek. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lane. 10. What was stopping Douglas to get into the waters of Cascade? Memories of A) Washington. B) YMCA pool. C) California beach. D) Instructor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) YMCA pool. 11. What is the girls relationship? A) They are sisters. B) They are best friends. C) They are cousins. D) They are strangers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are best friends. 12. What does the author learn about himself in 'Deep Water'? A) He is brave. B) He is weak. C) He is determined. D) He is indifferent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is determined. 13. How much of oil spilled at Deep Water Horizon Rig explosion? A) 130 gallons of oil. B) 210 galons of oil. C) 100 galons of oil. D) 200 galons of oil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 210 galons of oil. 14. Difficulties, problems in doing something A) Struggle. B) Qualify. C) Inevitable. D) Enthusiasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Struggle. 15. Something that is sure to happen, something that cannot be avoided. A) Inevitable. B) Qualify. C) Identity. D) Clamber. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inevitable. 16. Which of the following best describes the salinity of deep ocean water compared to surface water? A) Higher salinity. B) Lower salinity. C) Equal salinity. D) Varies with location. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Higher salinity. 17. Which character trait is most highlighted in the protagonist of 'Deep Water'? A) Bravery. B) Cunning. C) Humor. D) Laziness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bravery. 18. What lesson did Douglas learn from his experience of drowning learning to swim? A) Learnt swimming. B) Love for swimming. C) Swimming is not difficult. D) Face the fear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Face the fear. 19. Which of the following did Douglas' instructor not do when teaching him to swim? A) Make him put his face in and out of water. B) Make him take trips over and across the pool using a belt attached to a rope. C) Make him take long baths at Bumping Lake in the Cascades. D) Hold him at the side of the pool and make him kick his legs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Make him take long baths at Bumping Lake in the Cascades. 20. The layer in a large body of water in which temperature drops with increasing depth faster than it does in other layers is called the ..... A) Thermocline. B) Pycnocline. C) Downwelling. D) Upwelling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thermocline. 21. How many people died and how many were injured on the Deepwater Horizon? A) 11 died, 17 injured. B) 27 died, 10 injured. C) 5 died, 20 injured. D) 57 died, 100 injured. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 11 died, 17 injured. 22. What were the series of emotions and fears that Douglas experienced when he was thrown into the pool? A) Fear. B) Confidence. C) Overconfidence. D) Mixed feelings of confidence and fear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mixed feelings of confidence and fear. 23. Which zone is known as the "Midnight Zone" ? A) The bathypelagic zone. B) The Abyssal Zone. C) The Deep Sea Zone. D) The Abyssal Plain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The bathypelagic zone. 24. "There was terror in my heart at the overpowering force of the waves." This means Douglas had a horrific experience at ..... A) Beach in California. B) YMCA pool. C) Yakima river. D) Lake Wentworth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beach in California. 25. The author decided to learn swimming when he was A) Eleven or twelve year old. B) Eight or nine year old. C) Thirteen or fourteen year old. D) None of the above. 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