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Here are some important questions and answers of new prose "The Interview". Hope these will be helpful in your coming boards. If you want to give any suggestions, you are always welcome.

MULTIPLE CHOICE TYPE QUESTIONS

FLAMINGO –THE INTERVIEW (PROSE)
SL NO	QUESTIONS	ANSWER	TYPE
1	What has become a common place of journalism?  Interview Debate Survey literature	a. interview	Recall
2	Who feels that some people are wounded by interviews and lose a part of themselves? Lewis Carol Rudyard Kipling Christopher Silvester V.S Naipaul	d.  V.S Naipaul	Recall
3	What is semiotics? Study of syntax Study of letters Study of phonetics Study of signs	d. study of signs	Recall
4	Which book brought intellectual superstardom to Umberto Eco? Alice in Wonderland The Penguin Book of Interviews Jungle Book The Name of the Rose	d.  the Name of the Rose	Recall
5	What is ‘a lot of empty spaces in our lives’ called by Eco? Semiotics Metaphysics Interstices Theology	c. Interstices	Recall
6	Despite the drawbacks of the interview it is used as- Horror of the interviewer A supremely serviceable medium of communication A mode of satisfaction and amusement Condemnatory attitude towards the interviewer	b. A supremely serviceable medium of communication	Understanding
7	Who holds the position of unprecedented power and influence? The Reader The Interviewer The Interviewee The Publisher	a. the Interviewer	Understanding
8	Why did Eco prefer to write essays that have narrative aspects?  Easy to conclude Easy to write Provides a way of creative writing Provides an escape from journalism	c. Provides a way of creative writing	Understanding
9	What makes ‘  The Name of the Rose’ a serious novel? It is a detective yarn It has no humour It is about history It is autobiographical	a.It is a detective yarn	Understanding
10	What does the expression ‘thumbprints on his windpipe’ mean? To be exhausted To be strangulated To be choked and suffocated To be depressed	c.   To be choked and suffocated	Understanding
11.	Why was Umberto Eco given an advance for 3000 copies only? Publisher could sell only 3000 copies Publisher didn’t expect to sell more than 3000 copies Eco wanted to sell 3000 copies Eco wanted to publish a few copies	b.   Publisher didn’t expect to sell more than 3000 copies	Apply
12	Who were the most puzzled with the success of Eco’s book? Readers and critics Eco and his friends Caroll and Kipling Journalists and publishers	d.   Journalists and publishers	Apply
13	Unlike Eco , what problem did Roland Barthes face? He was unable to write He was unable to write essays He was unable to do creative writing  He was unable to sell 3000 copies	c.   He was unable to do creative writing	Apply
14	What does Eco think of the readers of his novel ‘The Name of the Rose’? They like to have difficult reading experiences They like to have easy reading experiences They read whatever suits them They enjoy all genres of writing	b.   They like to have easy reading experiences	Apply
15	Despite being spectacularly famous after the publication of ‘The Name of Rose’ with whom does Eco identify himself? Novelist’s community Academic community Readers’ community Journalism community	b.   Academic community	Apply

FILL UPS/SENTENCE COMPLETION TYPE QUESTIONS

FLAMINGO - THE INTERVIEW(PROSE)
SL NO	QUESTIONS	ANSWER	TYPE
1	Celebrities despise the interviews as an …………………… into their lives.	unwarranted intrusion	Recall
2	Eco acquired superstardom with the publication of ……………………	The Name of the Rose	Recall
3	Joseph Stalin described interviews as being like ……………… on his windpipe.	thumbprints	Recall
4	Since its invention ………………… have become a common place of journalism	interviews	Recall
5	With the expansion of journalism, unprecedented power and influence lies with the ………………………..	interviewer	Understanding
6	According to Eco, empty spaces in our lives are…………………………	interstices	Recall
7	In today’s world…………………… is our chief source of information about celebrities.	Interview	Understanding
8	Despite acquiring a formidable reputation as a scholar, Eco turned to writing ………………….	fiction	Understanding
9	Eco’s first doctoral dissertation was appreciated by his professor as he presented it like a …………………………..	story	Understanding
10	Joseph Stalin was a great……………… revolutionary and an active political organiser.	russian	Recall
11	Eco’s philosophical interests are in peace and …………………………….	non-violence	Recall
12	Eco wrote over 40 scholarly works of ……………….	non fiction	Recall
13	Like in some primitive cultures taking photographs is considered like stealing one’s soul, some celebrities feel that interviews ……………… them.	diminish	Understanding
14	Rudyard Kipling considered interviews as an assault; however, he did the same with …………………….	Mark Twain	Understanding
15	Despite being a frequent interviewee ,…………………. referred to the interviewing ordeal.	H.G Wells	Recall

REFERENCE TO CONTEXT TYPE QUESTIONS

FLAMINGO - THE INTERVIEW(PROSE)
SL NO	QUESTIONS	ANSWER	TYPE
1	Some might make quite extravagant claims for it as being, in its highest form, a source of truth, and, in its practice, an art. Others, usually celebrities who see themselves as its victims, might despise the interview as an unwarranted intrusion into their lives, or feel that it somehow diminishes them, just as in some primitive cultures it is believed that if one takes a photographic portrait of somebody then one is stealing that person’s soul Name the lesson. What are some of the positive views on interviews?  Why do celebrities despise interviews? What do some primitive cultures believe about being photograph?	The Interview Source of truth/ art/ highest form Unwarranted intrusion into personal life One is stealing the persons soul	Recall/ understanding
2	The creator of Alice in Wonderland, was said to have had ‘a just horror of the interviewer’ and he never consented to be interviewed- it was his horror of being lionized which made him thus repel would be acquaintances, interviewers, and the persistent petitioners for his autograph and he would afterwards relate the stories of his success in silencing all such people with much satisfaction and amusement. Who is the creator of Alice in Wonderland Why didn’t he want to be interviewed? How did the creator of Alice in wonderland amuse himself?  Explain ‘horror of being lionized’.	Lewis Carroll Horror of being lionized Relating the stories of his success in silencing others Fear of facing interviews in an enormous manner	Recall/ understanding
3	His wife, Caroline, writes in her diary for 14 October 1892 that their day was ‘wrecked by two reporters from Boston’. She reports her husband as saying to the reporters, “Why do I refuse to be interviewed? Because it is immoral! It is a crime, just as much of a crime as an offence against my person, as an assault, and just as much merits punishment. It is cowardly and vile. No respectable man would ask it, much less give it,” Who refused to be interviewed?  Why did he refuse to be interviewed? Give the antonym of ‘vile’. What happened on 14 October, 1892?	Rudyard Kipling He felt it  was immoral/ crime/ assault Aesthetic Rudyard Kipling and his wife Caroline’s day was wrecked by two reporters	Understanding / apply
4	H. G. Wells in an interview in 1894 referred to ‘the interviewing ordeal’, but was a fairly frequent interviewee and forty years later found himself interviewing Joseph Stalin. Saul Bellow , who has consented to be interviewed on several occasions, nevertheless once described interviews as being like thumbprints on his windpipe. What did H G Wells feel about interviews? How did Saul Bellow describe interviews? What does the expression, ‘thumbprints on windpipe’ mean? From the given extract, find the word that means the same as ‘trial’.	He felt interviews were an ordeal Like thumb prints on his windpipe An aggressive invasion into one’s private life Ordeal	Understanding/ apply
5	Aah, now that is more difficult to explain. I have some philosophical interests and I pursue them through my academic work and my novels. Even my books for children are about non-violence and peace...you see, the same bunch of ethical, philosophical interests. Who is the speaker? What is difficult to explain? What are the philosophical interests of the speaker? What do you mean by the word ‘ethical’?	Umberto Eco Giving impression of doing many things Non-violence and peace Decent/ righteous	Understanding/ apply
6	My American publisher said while she loved my book, she didn’t expect to sell more than 3,000 copies in a country where nobody has seen a cathedral or studies Latin. So I was given an advance for 3000 copies, but in the end it sold two or three million in the U.S. Who is the speaker? Which novel sold two to three million copies? Why did the American publisher not expect to sell more than 3000 copies? Why was the novel successful?	Umberto Eco The Name of the Rose As she felt the Americans would not be interested in cathedral or Latin Detective yarn/ mystery/ people don’t like easy experiences	Understanding/ apply
7	Not everyone can do that of course. Your non-fictional writing, your scholarly work has a certain playful and personal quality about it. It is a marked departure from a regular academic style — which is invariably depersonalised and often dry and boring. Have you consciously adopted an informal approach or is it something that just came naturally to you. Name the lesson. Who is the speaker? What are the characteristic traits of regular academic style? What is the marked quality of the listener’s scholarly work?	The Interview Mukund Depersonalised and often dry and boring informal approach/ playful and personal quality	Understanding/ apply
8	When I presented my first Doctoral dissertation in Italy, one of the Professors said, “Scholars learn a lot of a certain subject, then they make a lot of false hypotheses, then they correct them and at the end, they put the conclusions. You, on the contrary, told the story of your research. Even including your trials and errors.” At the same time, he recognised I was right and went on to publish my dissertation as a book, which meant he appreciated it Who is the speaker? How do most scholars carry out their research work? How was the speaker contrary to most scholars? How do we know that the Professor appreciated the work?	Umberto Eco False Hypotheses and conclusions  Told his research as a story Published the dissertation as a book	Understanding/ apply
9	Yet despite the drawbacks of the interview, it is a supremely serviceable medium of communication. “These days, more than at any other time, our most vivid impressions of our contemporaries are throughinterviews,” Denis Brian has written. “Almost everything of moment reaches us through one man asking questions of another. Because of this, the interviewer holds a position of unprecedented power and influence.” What are the drawbacks of interviews? How has interview become a supremely serviceable medium of communication? What does Denis Brian feel about interviews? Name the lesson and author.	Unwarranted intrusion Vivid impressions of  contemporaries / gives a glimpse into the life of a person Unprecedented power and influence The Interview of Christopher Silvester	Understanding/ apply
10	At that point, at the age of 22, I understood scholarly books should be written the way I had done — by telling the story of the research. This is why my essays always have a narrative aspect. And this is why probably I started writing narratives [novels] so late — at the age of 50, more or less. Who is the Speaker?  How did the speaker understand the way scholarly books should be written?  What aspect did his essays have?   By what age did he start writing narratives?	Umberto Eco After his professor published the dissertation as a book Narrative aspect At the age of 50