The Enemy Class 12 MCQ Quiz – Test Your Knowledge!

Are you ready to test your understanding of "The Enemy" from the Class 12 English Vistas textbook? This MCQ quiz will help you revise important themes, including humanity vs. patriotism, ethical dilemmas, and war conflicts.

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  • Story Name: The Enemy
  • Author: Pearl S. Buck
  • Subject: English (Vistas)
  • Book: NCERT Class 12 English
  • Question Type: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
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The Enemy

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The man moaned with pain in his stupor but he did not awaken.

“The best thing that we could do would be to put him back in the sea,” Sadao said, answering himself. Now that the bleeding was stopped for the moment he stood up and dusted the sand from his hands.

“Yes, undoubtedly that would be best,” Hana said steadily. But she continued to stare down at the motionless man.

“If we sheltered a white man in our house we should be arrested and if we turned him over as a prisoner, he would certainly die,” Sadao said.

“The kindest thing would be to put him back into the sea,” Hana said. But neither of them moved. They were staring with curious repulsion upon the inert figure.

Pick the option that best describes Sadao and Hana in the passage.

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What message does the story convey about the importance of individual moral compass?

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“I wondered, Your Excellency,” Sadao murmured.

“It was certainly very careless of me,” the General said. “But you understand it was not lack of patriotism or dereliction of duty.” He looked anxiously at his doctor. “If the matter should come out you would understand that, wouldn’t you?”

“Certainly, Your Excellency,” Sadao said. He suddenly comprehended that the General was in the palm of his hand and that as a consequence he himself was perfectly safe. “I swear to your loyalty. Excellency,” he said to the old General, “and to your zeal against the enemy.”

Read the analysis of the General based on the given extract. Choose the option that fills in the given blanks most appropriately:

The General (i) _____________ power but is (ii) ___________ of the obligations of his job. He is so (iii) _____________ with his health that he forgets to send the assassins to kill the prisoner. Due to his (iv) ____________ interests, he doesn’t want to expose Sadao and agrees to keep the prisoner’s escape a secret.

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The man moaned with pain in his stupor but he did not awaken.

“The best thing that we could do would be to put him back in the sea,” Sadao said, answering himself. Now that the bleeding was stopped for the moment he stood up and dusted the sand from his hands.

“Yes, undoubtedly that would be best,” Hana said steadily. But she continued to stare down at the motionless man.

“If we sheltered a white man in our house we should be arrested and if we turned him over as a prisoner, he would certainly die,” Sadao said.

“The kindest thing would be to put him back into the sea,” Hana said. But neither of them moved. They were staring with curious repulsion upon the inert figure.

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In which of the following options can the underlined words NOT be replaced with ‘stupor’?

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In the story 'The Enemy', what is the main dilemma that Hana and Sadao face?

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Sadao’s servants leave his house, but none of them betrays the secret of the American P.O.W. Select the option that explains this.

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She had the bottle and some cotton in her hand.

"But how shall I do it?" she asked.

"Simply saturate the cotton and hold it near his nostrils," Sadao replied without delaying for one moment the intricate detail of his work. "When he breathes badly move it away a little." She crouched close to the sleeping face of the young American. It was a piteously thin face, she thought, and the lips were twisted. The man was suffering whether he knew it or not. Watching him, she wondered if the stories they heard sometimes of the sufferings of prisoners were true. They came like flickers of rumor, told by word of mouth and always contradicted. In the newspapers, the reports were always that wherever the Japanese armies went the people received them gladly, with cries of joy at their liberation.

Which of these questions does Hana start reflecting on in the extract?

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“I wondered, Your Excellency,” Sadao murmured.

“It was certainly very careless of me,” the General said. “But you understand it was not lack of patriotism or dereliction of duty.” He looked anxiously at his doctor. “If the matter should come out you would understand that, wouldn’t you?”

“Certainly, Your Excellency,” Sadao said. He suddenly comprehended that the General was in the palm of his hand and that as a consequence he himself was perfectly safe. “I swear to your loyalty. Excellency,” he said to the old General, “and to your zeal against the enemy.”

Pick the option that best describes the word ‘dereliction’ as used in the passage.

  1. evasion
  2. deterioration
  3. negligence
  4. carelessness
  5. dilapidation
  6. management

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Choose the correct option with reference to the two statements given below.

  • Statement 1: Sadao and Hana cared about the soldier but were worried about the consequences of being considerate.
  • Statement 2: Sadao and Hana wanted to shirk their responsibilities of looking after an injured soldier, who could be an American.

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Dr. Sadao mutters the word ‘my friend’ while treating the American P.O.W. in the light of the circumstances, we can say that this was

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What message does Pearl Buck convey through her portrayal of the servants in the story?

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‘She did not wish to be left alone with the white man.’ Why did Hana feel so, despite having studied in America?

This was so because

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“Those scars,” she murmured, lifting her eyes to Sadao. The ‘scars’ DO NOT indicate

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The man moaned with pain in his stupor but he did not awaken.

“The best thing that we could do would be to put him back in the sea,” Sadao said, answering himself. Now that the bleeding was stopped for the moment he stood up and dusted the sand from his hands.

“Yes, undoubtedly that would be best,” Hana said steadily. But she continued to stare down at the motionless man.

“If we sheltered a white man in our house we should be arrested and if we turned him over as a prisoner, he would certainly die,” Sadao said.

“The kindest thing would be to put him back into the sea,” Hana said. But neither of them moved. They were staring with curious repulsion upon the inert figure.

Pick the idiom that best describes the situation in which Sadao and Hana were in.

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What is the significance of the symbol of 'blood' in the story "The Enemy"?

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Key Topics Covered in the Quiz

Dr. Sadao’s ethical dilemma
Themes of war, nationalism, and morality
Symbolism and key events in the story
Character roles and development

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