Time Allotted : ONE HOUR Maximum Marks :23

English : Core (Flamingo)-Prose for Class 12

XII - English - Deep Water - 01

PREPARED BY: - YASH SHARMA (9350359438)

Instructions
1. All questions are compulsory.
2. Please give the explanation for the answer where applicable.

Q1 - Douglas had a fear of water even before his experience of drowning in the Y.M.C.A
pool? Why? (2 Marks)

Q2 - What is the ‘misadventure’ that William Douglas speaks about? (2 Marks)

Q3 - What was the bruising experience that Douglas had at the Y.M.C.A? (2 Marks)

Q4 - What were the series of emotions and fears that Douglas experienced when he was
thrown into the pool? What plans did he make to come to the surface? (5 Marks)

Q5 - How did this experience affect him? (2 Marks)

Q6 - What strategy did the author remember when he was drowning in the Y.M.C.A pool?

(2 Marks)

Q7 - ‘I crossed to oblivion and the curtain of life fell’. Why did the author make this
remark? (2 Marks)

Q8 - Why was Douglas determined to get over his fear of water? (2 Marks)

Q9 - What joys did his fear of water deprive him of? (2 Marks)

Q5 - How did the instructor build a swimmer out of Douglas? (2 Marks)