The Enemy Past Paper - English - 23rd Aug 2021 PDF

Class...12 Subject.. English Topic... The enemy (question answer) Book name... vistas Date..23rd Aug,2021 Short Answers Question 1...Why did the General spare the American soldier? Answer: The General had his own selfish interest in sparing the American soldier. He knew Dr. Sadao was indispensab...

Class...12 Subject.. English Topic... The enemy (question answer) Book name... vistas Date..23rd Aug,2021 Short Answers Question 1...Why did the General spare the American soldier? Answer: The General had his own selfish interest in sparing the American soldier. He knew Dr. Sadao was indispensable to him and did not want him to be arrested. He did not trust other surgeons. In his capacity as a General he should have had the American soldier arrested but he refrained from it in his personal self-interest. Question 2...Why was Dr. Sadao not sent to the battlefield? Answer: Dr. Sadao was a skilled and reputed surgeon who was in the process of perfecting an invention of rendering wounds totally clean. Moreover, he was treating the old General who could need an operation. So he was not sent to the battlefield as his valuable services could be needed at any time in his hometown. Question 3….Why did the messenger come to Dr. Sadao? What did Hana think about it? Answer: The uniformed messenger comes to Dr. Sadao to inform him that the old General was in pain again. Hana felt relieved to hear that the messenger had come only to inform Dr. Sadao about the General’s ill-health. She had earlier feared that the servants had informed the police who had sent the man in the uniform to their house. Question 4...What forced Dr. Sadao to be impatient and irritated with his patient? Answer: His patient was badly wounded and this was a cause of worry, concern and vexation for Dr. Sadao. Saving him was a challenge for his skills as a doctor and harbouring him in his house could lead to Dr. Sadao’s arrest and his treatment was the ultimate test of the doctor’s patience. Question 5...In what context does Hana remember General Takima? What does she infer? Answer: Hana remembers General Takima who at home used to beat his wife cruelly though no one now mentioned it ever since he had fought a victorious battle in Manchuria. She inferred that if a man like him could be so cruel to a woman in his power, he would be extremely cruel to the wounded American soldier. Question 6...How did Hana help Dr. Sadao while he operated upon the enemy soldier? Answer: First, Hana washes the wounded man’s face and body with warm water till it was quite clean. She then assists Dr. Sadao during the operation even though she has never even witnessed an operation before. She brings in the towels and though she is not comfortable at the sight of the bleeding wound she gives anaesthesia to the patient. Question 8….How did Dr. Sadao ensure that the American sailor left his house but he himself remained safe and secure? Answer: Dr. Sadao offered his personal boat with food and extra clothing to the American soldier when he left his house. He then advised the soldier to go to a nearby island where no one lived and escape from there by boarding a Korean fishing boat. Dr. Sadao then informed the General that the soldier had escaped. Question 9...Why did Hana wash the wounded soldier herself? Answer: Hana had to wash the wounded soldier herself because Yumi, the maid, refused to wash a ‘dirty white man’. Moreover Hana felt it necessary to help her husband. Her qualities of head and heart enable her to take a balanced view about the wounded soldier, even though he was an American. Question 10...How does the writer indicate that Dr. Sadao’s father was a very traditional and conventional man? Answer: Though Dr. Sadao and Hana had fallen in love in America, he got married to her only after his father approved of her. His father always wanted Sadao to get married to a girl who was pure in her race. Dr. Sadao’s marriage to Hana was arranged by his father in the old Japanese way indicating that he was a traditional and conventional man. Question 11...How did Dr. Sadao plan the American prisoner’s escape? Answer: Dr. Sadao made elaborate arrangements for the prisoner’s safe escape. The prisoner was made to row to a nearby island where no one lived. All the necessary things were given to him. He was told to signal two flashes if he ran out of food. When Dr. Sadao received no signal, he was convinced the prisoner had escaped safely. Question 12...Who sent a messenger to Dr. Sadao? What for? Answer: The old General sent a messenger to Dr. Sadao to inform him the General was in pain again and needed Dr. Sadao’s immediate attention. The General preferred to be treated by Dr. Sadao who had the reputation of being thoroughly professional in his job. Question 13..What forced Dr. Sadao to be impatient and irritable with his patient? Answer: Hana had never seen an operation and the sight of Dr. Sadao operating on the soldier made her sick and she rushed out to the garden to retch. Dr. Sadao knew how distressed Hana was and his inability to go to her made him impatient and irritable with his patient because of whom he could not be with his wife. Question 14...What made a cool surgeon like Sadao speak sharply to his wife and what was her reaction? Answer: While Sadao was operating on the American soldier, Hana, his wife choked on seeing so much blood. Dr. Sadao looked up and saw her sulphur coloured face. At that moment he retorted sharply to his wife telling her not to faint. Hana clapped her hands to her mouth and ran out of the garden to retch. Question 15...How nearly had Dr. Sadao missed marrying Hana? Answer: Dr. Sadao had met Hana literally by chance at an American professor’s house. He actually did not want to go there as the rooms of the house were small, the food was bad and the professor’s wife was rather voluble. But nevertheless he had gone and there he had found Hana. Question 16...In what condition was the American sailor when Dr. Sadao found him? Answer: When Dr. Sadao found the American sailor the latter was badly wounded and unconscious. Blood was flowing freshly when Dr. Sadao touched his wound. On the right side of the sailor’s lower back Dr. Sadao saw that the gun wound had reopened and the flesh was blackened with powder. Question 17...Why did Dr. Sadao treat the American soldier even though it was an unpatriotic act on his part? Answer: Dr. Sadao rose above narrow prejudices of race and country and treated the wounded American soldier. Basic human goodness overpowers him and he treats the American soldier. Being a doctor, it was his duty to save a dying man even though he belonged to the enemy’s camp. Question 18...Why did the General not order immediate arrest of Dr. Sadao who had sheltered a white man? Answer: After knowing that Dr. Sadao had operated on the white man with such success, the General realized how indispensable Dr. Sadao was to him. He was the only one who could save him. So he could not let Dr. Sadao be arrested lest he required Dr. Sadao’s medical expertise to save his own life. Question 20...What role did the American professor play in bringing Hana and Sadao together? Answer: The American professor and his wife had been kind people who were anxious to do something for their few foreign students and the students, though bored, accepted this kindness. It was at the professor’s house that Dr. Sadao had met Hana, a new student, and had felt that he would love her if it were at all possible. Question 20...What was his father’s chief concern about Dr. Sadao? Answer: Sadao’s education was his father’s chief concern. For this reason he had sent Sadao to America to learn all that could be learned about surgery and medicine. Before his death he had seen Sadao become famous not only as a surgeon but as a scientist. Question 21.Why was Dr. Sadao not sent abroad along with the troops? Answer: Dr. Sadao was firstly perfecting a discovery which would render wounds entirely clean, so he had not been sent abroad with the troops. Moreover, there was a possibility that the old General might need an operation, and for this Dr. Sadao was being kept in Japan. Question 22...Where, when and how did Dr. Sadao meet Hana? Answer: Dr. Sadao met Hana in America. He met her in the most casual way, literally by chance, at an American professor’s house. The hospitable Professor Harley and his wife were anxious to do something for the foreign students and thus had invited them over. Dr. Sadao had actually nearly decided not to go to Professor Harley’s house that night because of the bad food and the professor’s voluble wife, but finally he had gone and there he had met Hana. Long Answers Question 1...How did Dr. Sadao rise above narrow prejudices of race and country to help a human being in need? Answer: An American prisoner of war gets washed away on Sadao’s doorstep. Being a doctor, Sadao gives top priority to saving the life of a dying man despite the ongoing war between America and Japan and the fact that all Americans were considered to be their enemies. Being a doctor, Sadao’s duty was to save a dying man but saving an enemy would be an act of treachery. But the doctor not only saved him from dying but did not even hand him over to the police. He rose above narrow prejudices of race and country and helped the young soldier to escape. Basic human goodness overpowers Dr. Sadao and he helps the wounded soldier first by saving his life and then by arranging his escape, risking his own life and reputation in the process. Question 2...Draw a character sketch of the old General in the lesson, ‘The Enemy’. Answer: The old General is a man whose personal considerations outweigh all other considerations. Even though the Second World War was in progress and a doctor of the calibre of Dr. Sadao would have proved to be a blessing for the wounded soldiers on the front, he was retained in Japan because he was indispensable to the General’s health and well being. Despite knowing about the presence of the American soldier at Dr. Sadao’s house he refrains from sending his private assassins to kill the enemy soldier. He understands Dr. Sadao’s importance for his own survival and so does not want to take a chance in case the assassins accidently harm Dr. Sadao or his wife. The General, therefore, comes across as a strange and selfish person who is actually too preoccupied with his own self. He being a General, his illness and his fear of death outweigh all his other considerations, even those towards his country. Question 3….Dr. Sadao was more a dutiful doctor than a loyal citizen. Substantiate the statement by quoting suitable evidence from the story,’The Enemy’. Answer: Dr. Sadao is a dutiful doctor and when it comes to commitment towards his profession even his obligation towards his country becomes secondary to him. He brings back to life a man who is on the verge of death without caring about the fact that the person whose life he is saving is a soldier of the enemy camp. It is Dr.Sadao’s conscience and professional ethics that supersede his patriotism and so he saves the American soldier. He rises above narrow prejudices as he realizes his job as a doctor is to save a life and not to take it away. Even after he told the General everything about the American soldier he felt restless for three consecutive nights at the thought that he was actually waiting for someone to be killed. Finally, he decided to help the soldier to escape so that he could be at peace with himself and put his mind to rest. Question 4..A doctor is supposed to be gentle and humane. How did Sadao show these qualities in the story, “The Enemy”? Answer: Dr. Sadao is gentle and humane. When he came to know that the stranger was an American soldier, he wanted to throw him back into the sea but could not. So he took him to treat him although he belonged to the enemy’s camp. Then he decided to hand the soldier over to the police after he had operated upon him and saved his life, but in the end was unable to do so. Instead he gave him proper post-operative treatment. He risked his and his family’s life by giving the stranger shelter. He even risked the resentment and wrath of his servants who were so upset with him for harbouring a soldier from the enemy’s camp that they left his house. Finally, Dr. Sadao gave the soldier his own boat, food and clothing and told him to sail to a nearby island and save himself. Dr. Sadao was not a traitor but could not let someone, whom he had saved himself, die. Question 5...Good human values are far above any other value system. How did Dr. Sadao succeeds as a doctor as well as a patriot? Answer: Dr. Sadao is not only a good doctor but also a patriot. As a citizen of Japan Dr. Sadao was expected to be loyal to his country but as a doctor it was his foremost duty to save a life. Dr. Sadao was indeed a patriotic Japanese as well as a dedicated surgeon. An American run away prisoner in a badly wounded condition is washed ashore on Japanese doctor Sadao’s doorstep. The doctor is initially a little hesitant to save the prisoner’s life when he discovers the latter’s real identity. But being a dedicated surgeon he decides to treat the enemy soldier. He is able to save the prisoner’s life but being a patriotic Japanese he informs a superior Japanese Army General about the prisoner’s presence in his house and even agrees to have him killed by the General’s assassins. He waits for the assassins to carry out their job but when they do not arrive, he gives the prisoner his boat and helps him to escape safely thus honouring both the values that he was a patriotic Japanese as well as a dedicated surgeon. Question 6...To choose between professional loyalty and patriotism was a dilemma for Dr. Sadao. How did he succeed in betraying neither? Answer: Dr. Sadao is not only a good doctor but also a patriot. As a citizen of Japan Dr. Sadao was expected to be loyal to his country but as a doctor it was his foremost duty to save a life. Dr. Sadao was indeed a patriotic Japanese as well as a dedicated surgeon. An American run away prisoner in a badly wounded condition is washed ashore on Japanese doctor Sadao’s doorstep. The doctor is initially a little hesitant to save the prisoner’s life when he discovers the latter’s real identity. But being a dedicated surgeon he decides to treat the enemy soldier. He is able to save the prisoner’s life but being a patriotic Japanese he informs a superior Japanese Army General about the prisoner’s presence in his house and even agrees to have him killed by the General’s assassins. He waits for the assassins to carry out their job but when they do not arrive, he gives the prisoner his boat and helps him to escape safely thus honouring both the values that he was a patriotic Japanese as well as a dedicated surgeon. Question 7...Dr. Sadao was a patriotic Japanese as well as a dedicated surgeon. How could he honour both the values? Answer: Dr. Sadao was indeed a patriotic Japanese as well as a dedicated surgeon. An American runaway prisoner in a badly wounded condition is washed ashore on Japanese doctor Sadao’s doorstep. The doctor is initially a little hesitant to save the prisoner’s life when he discovers the latter’s real identity. But being a dedicated surgeon he decides to treat the enemy soldier. He is able to save the prisoner’s life but being a patriotic Japanese he informs a superior Japanese Army General about the prisoner’s presence in his house and even agrees to have him killed by the General’s assassins. He waits for the assassins to carry out their job but when they do not arrive, he gives the prisoner his boat and helps him to escape safely thus honouring both the values that he was a pa-triotic Japanese as well as a dedicated surgeon.