CBSE Class 12 English The Enemy Pearl (S. Buck) VBQs Set 02

The Enemy

–Pearl S. Buck

Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.

‘‘Who is that?’’ Hana cried. She dropped Sadao’s arm and they both leaned over the railing of the veranda. Now they saw him again. The man was on his hands and knees crawling. Then they saw him fall on his face and lie there.

Question. Why did Hana cry?
(a) she saw a creature coming towards her
(b) she saw waves rising high
(c) she was frightened to see an animal
(d) she was shocked to see an injured man
Answer: (d) she was shocked to see an injured man

Question. Identify the figure of speech in the statement “Those islands yonder, they are the stepping stones to the future of Japan.”
(a) simile
(b) metaphor
(c) hyperbole
(d) irony
Answer: (b) metaphor

Question. How was the man moving?
(a) he was moving with difficulty
(b) he was crawling
(c) he was moving with pain
(d) All of the options
Answer: (b) he was crawling

Question. What happened to the man?
(a) he ran away through the sea
(b) he fell down lying flat on his face
(c) he stood up perfectly fine
(d) he attacked Dr. Sadao
Answer: (b) he fell down lying flat on his face

“A white man!” Hana whispered. Yes, it was a white man. The wet cap fell away and there was his wet yellow hair, long, as though for many weeks it had not been cut and upon his young and tortured face was a rough yellow beard. He was unconscious and knew nothing that they did for him.

Question. What did Dr. Sadao and Hana meant by ‘white man’?
(a) the man whose face appeared white due to sand
(b) an American
(c) a man having white disease
(d) a man wearing white dress
Answer: (b) an American

Question. Hana’s remark “A white man!” on seeing the white man indicated what she was feeling. Pick the option that correctly states her feelings.
1. Horror 2. Shock 3. Unfamiliarity 4. Annoyance
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 2 and 4
(d) 1 and 4
Answer: (a) 1 and 2

Question. How did the white man’s face appear?
(a) young
(b) tortured
(c) fresh
(d) both (a) and (b)
Answer: (b) tortured

Question. Why didn’t the man know the presence of Dr. Sadao and Hana?
(a) as he was sleeping
(b) as he was unconscious
(c) as he was pretending to be unconscious
(d) Dr. Sadao and Hana were facing his back
Answer: (b) as he was unconscious

Now Sadao remembered the wound and with his expert fingers he began to search for it. Blood flowed freshly at his touch. On the right side of his lower back Sadao saw that a gun wound had been reopened. The flesh was blackened with powder. Sometime, not many days ago, the man had been shot and had not been tended. It was bad chance that the rock had struck the wound.

Question. Who was wounded?
(a) Sadao
(b) Hana
(c) soldier
(d) Yumi
Answer: (c) soldier

Question. Which word best suits ‘trained’ in the extract?
(a) touch
(b) tended
(c) expat
(d) expert
Answer: (d) expert

Question. What kind of wound the man had?
(a) it was a knife stab
(b) it was an injury
(c) it was a gun shot
(d) it was due to spikes on rocks
Answer: (c) it was a gun shot

Question. How old was the wound?
(a) few days old
(b) a month old
(c) a week old
(d) many days old
Answer: (d) many days old

‘‘Oh, how he is bleeding!’’ Hana whispered again in a solemn voice. The mists screened them now completely and at this time of day no one came by. The fishermen had gone home and even the chance beachcombers would have considered the day at an end.

Question. ‘Hana whispered again in a solemn voice’, what does this indicate?
(a) fright
(b) serious concern
(c) indifference
(d) None of the options
Answer: (b) serious concern

Question. What kind of weather it was?
(a) there was snowfall
(b) there was heavy mist
(c) there was low mist
(d) It was raining
Answer: (b) there was heavy mist

Question. How many people were there at the beach that time?
(a) one (Hana)
(b) two (Hana and Dr. Sadao)
(c) three (Hana, Dr. Sadao and soldier)
(d) four (Hana, Dr. Sadao, maid and soldier)
Answer: (b) two (Hana and Dr. Sadao)

Question. Who are beachcombers?
(a) people who wander near beach for enjoyment
(b) people who makes a living by searching beaches for articles
(c) people who comes to beaches for fishing
(d) people who clean the beaches of dirt and filth
Answer: (b) people who makes a living by searching beaches for articles

Question. Who is the author of the lesson ‘The Enemy’?
(a) Pearl S. Buck
(b) Dickens
(c) D.H. Lawrence
(d) None of the options
Answer: (a) Pearl S. Buck

Question. Who was Dr. Sadao?
(a) An Iranian doctor
(b) An American doctor
(c) A Japanese doctor
(d) None of the options
Answer: (c) A Japanese doctor

Question. Where did Dr. Sadao find American soldier?
(a) in the park
(b) in the battlefield
(c) outside his house
(d) None of the options
Answer: (c) outside his house

Question. Why did Dr. Sadao treat the soldier when he was from enemy’s nationality?
(a) He was a doctor
(b) It was against his professional ethics
(c) As a doctor he could not let anyone die
(d) All of the options
Answer: (c) As a doctor he could not let anyone die

Question. What was the name of the American soldier?
(a) Tom
(b) Harry
(c) Sadao
(d) Hamel
Answer: (a) Tom

Question. How did Hana help Dr. Sadao?
(a) by assisting him
(b) by giving him money
(c) by giving him tools
(d) by working as a nurse
Answer: (a) by assisting him

Question. Why did Dr. Sadao become irritatable and impatient with his patient?
(a) because of his inability to leave the white man to help his distressed wife
(b) because of many patients
(c) because of General’s pressure
(d) All of the options
Answer: (a) because of his inability to leave the white man to help his distressed wife

Question. Why did Doctor’s wife feel distressed?
(a) Seeing many patients
(b) Seeing General’s reaction
(c) Seeing the orders
(d) Seeing Whiteman’s blood
Answer: (d) Seeing Whiteman’s blood

Question. What was Hana’s reaction over her husband’s words?
(a) she vomited outside the operation room
(b) she shouted
(c) she cried
(d) she stopped helping him
Answer: (a) she vomited outside the operation room

Question. Why did the surgeon speak sharply to his wife?
(a) to get things he needed
(b) to get her help in treating the wounded man
(c) to stop any disturbance that could lead to harm the wounded man.
(d) None of the options
Answer: (c) to stop any disturbance that could lead to harm the wounded man.

Question. What kind of person was Sadao’s father ?
(a) a serious
(b) a jollygood man
(c) very strict
(d) a true patriot and traditional person
Answer: (d) a true patriot and traditional person

Question. Why did Sadao marry a Japanese girl only?
(a) because he liked Japanese
(b) he didn’t like any other nationality
(c) because of his father’s fear
(d) because he didn’t want to upset his father
Answer: (c) because of his father’s fear

Question. What does the narrator speak about in the beginning of the chapter?
(a) the war
(b) the General
(c) Dr. Sadao’s childhood and his father
(d) the servants and Dr. Sadao ‘s wife
Answer: (c) Dr. Sadao’s childhood and his father

Question. Why did Hana wash the wounded man herself?
(a) because of her servants
(b) because her servants ran away
(c) because her servants refused to help an American enemy soldier
(d) because she pitied the American enemy soldier
Answer: (c) because her servants refused to help an American enemy soldier

Question. Why did the servants leave Doctor’s House?
(a) because he was wounded
(b) because he was dirty
(c) because there was an American Soldier and they didn’t like him
(d) because he didn’t pay them
Answer: (c) because there was an American Soldier and they didn’t like him

Question. Why was Dr. Sadao not sent to the battlefield?
(a) because he had no interest
(b) he didn’t love his country
(c) he was supposed to offer his services to the General who was in pain
(d) All of the options
Answer: (c) he was supposed to offer his services to the General who was in pain

Question. Why did the messenger come to the doctor?
(a) to meet him
(b) for checkup
(c) to inform about the General’s pain
(d) All of the options
Answer: (c) to inform about the General’s pain

Question. Seeing the messenger, what was Hana’s reaction?
(a) She got frightened
(b) She thought he has come to arrest her husband
(c) General’s man
(d) All of the options
Answer: (b) She thought he has come to arrest her husband

Question. What kind of person was the General?
(a) a kind hearted
(b) a wise man
(c) a selfish man
(d) None of the options
Answer: (c) a selfish man

Question. Why did the General not pass orders to arrest Dr. Sadao for giving space to a whiteman?
(a) because he trusted him
(b) because he needed him
(c) General was not in good health and needed his services
(d) None of the options
Answer: (c) General was not in good health and needed his services

Question. Why did General spare the White American soldier?
(a) to spare his own life
(b) he himself was in pain
(c) needed Dr. Sadao’s help
(d) All of the options
Answer: (a) to spare his own life

Question. What conflicting ideas disturb Dr. Sadao’s mind after he brought American soldier?
(a) duty of a doctor and loyalty towards nation
(b) his wife’s health and general’s health
(c) patient’s health and servants behaviour
(d) servants’ behaviour and duty of a doctor
Answer: (a) duty of a doctor and loyalty towards nation

Question. What was General’s plan for American soldier?
(a) he wanted him to reach safely
(b) will inform his country
(c) will get him assassinated by some private assassins
(d) None of the options
Answer: (c) will get him assassinated by some private assassins