AHSEC| CLASS 12| ENGLISH| CHAPTER - 11| THE ENEMY| SOLVED QUESTIONS FOR 2 MARK EACH| H.S. 2ND YEAR

THE ENEMY

Solved questions for 2 mark each:

(A) SHORT ANSWER:

1. Why did Sadao wait for Hana to fall in love?

Ans: Both Sadao and his wife Hana were Japanese. Sadao met Hana in America where both were students. Although he is impressed by her, Sadao hesitates to propose to her until he is sure that Hana is pure in her race because he knows that if she is not pure Japanese, her father will consider her as his son. Do not like to keep as wife.

2. Why was Sadao not sent with the Japanese soldiers who were at war with America?

Ans: Sadao was not sent with the Japanese troops even when the country was at war. Being a renowned surgeon, he was much needed by the old general who was under treatment. In addition, Sadao was inventing a new medicine that was supposed to completely clean wounds.

3. How patriotic was Sadao's father?

Ans: Sadao's father lived a typical Japanese life. He was blind about his country and loved it all his life. He never used anything made in a foreign country. He could not even think of a foreign daughter-in-law. He wanted his son to study abroad so that he could serve for the development of Japan.

4. What was the superstition of the servants against keeping the American soldier at Sadao's house?

Ans: The servants did not like Sadao and Hana helping the American soldier because they were superstitious. According to him, first the bullet, then the sea and finally the sharp rocks in the sea tried to kill the soldier but he survived them all. Now if Sadao helps the man, the bullet, the sea and the rocks will turn against him and destroy him and his family.

5. Why did all the servants return? Do you think it was wrong to leave their house?

Ans: All the servants came back as the P.O.W had left his house. No, they were not at all wrong in their decision as they loved their country very much. His decision shows his patriotism towards the country.

6. Why were all the servants crying before leaving their master's house?

Ans: All the servants were crying because they were too attached to everyone. Yumi was fond of children while the gardener had been working there for a long time since Dr. Sadao's childhood. All of them had spent endless time with Dr. Sadao and his family.

7. What two things happened on the seventh day of the prisoner's stay at Dr. Sadao's house?

Ans: The first thing happened that the P.O.W. Also, a messenger came there whom Hana thought was a policeman who had come to arrest her husband. But it turned out that he had been sent by the general because he was ill.

8. Dr. Sadao as P.O.W. What made you irritable and angry?

Ans: When Dr. Sadao saw that all the servants had left his house and that Hana had to do all the household chores, he became irritable and angry with the man. Besides this, he had to give up all his practices and take care of the children.

9. What was the most remarkable instruction his American professor Sadao took to his heart?

Ans: Sadao's anatomy professor used to remind his students that a surgeon's greatest crime was his poor knowledge of human anatomy. If a surgeon operated on a patient without full knowledge of the human body, he would be killing the patient.

10. How did the servants react to Sadao's act of taking the American soldier into the house?

Ans: The servants were from the beginning against Sadao's idea of beating, killing, or treating an American soldier for any reason. He openly expressed his dissatisfaction and made it clear that Sadao should not deal with American because Americans are enemies of Japan. When they saw that Sadao was not yielding to their wishes, the servants left their jobs in Sadao's house amid great pangs of separation.

11. Why did Sadao plot to kill the American?

Ans: Sadao was a compassionate doctor who valued life and considered saving any life as his prime concern. However, because of this, he admitted the American to his home - and provided him with all kinds of medical help. Sadao was planning to kill him because the American had fully recovered and therefore the doctor-patient relationship had broken down and was the American's enemy.

12. What does the old general mean by American sentimentality and German brutality? What did they hope to do by combining the two?

Ans: The general believed that the Americans were too emotional and the Germans too cruel. According to him, an ideal doctor should be because he has both these qualities. The doctor should love the patient on the one hand and be cruel to his physical pain. By combining these two qualities, the general expected a man to become an ideal doctor.

13. What arrangements were made for the safe arrival of the P.O.W.'s on the other island?

Ans: Various arrangements were made for their safe arrival. Dr. Sadao arranged for a boat, some water bottles and some Japanese clothes. Apart from this, he handed over a flashlight to him and said that if he reaches safely, then signal once and if the food is over, then signal twice. He wanted to make sure that the P.O.W. had reached there safely.

14. What did Dr. Sadao remember while standing on the beach?

Ans: Standing on the beach, he remembered the behavior of the landlady in whose house he used to live. Although she was a bit talkative and served him unhealthy food, she was still helpful as she saved him when he was down with influenza. Furthermore, he recalled his experience with Americans who thought they were superior to the Japanese.

15. Write about Hana's dilemma.

Ans: Hana could not understand why she and her husband were indecisive about their next step regarding the prisoner's fate. When she saw a messenger in an official uniform at her door, she feared that one of the servants might have informed the police. But the messenger had only come to inform Doctor Sadao that the general was in pain and wanted to see him immediately. Understanding Hana's situation, Sadao decides to do something about the soldier.

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