The Interview — Important Questions
Madhya Pradesh Board · Class 12 · English
43 important questions from The Interview for Madhya Pradesh Board Class 12 English, with answers. Includes multiple choice and multiple correct questions.
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Which writers mentioned in the text had negative views about interviews?
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Lewis Carroll, Rudyard Kipling, V.S. Naipaul, Saul Bellow
Carroll had 'horror of the interviewer', Kipling called it 'immoral' and 'a crime', Naipaul felt people are 'wounded by interviews', and Bellow described interviews as 'thumbprints on his windpipe'. Wells and Eco had more positive views.
What does Umberto Eco call the empty spaces in our lives?
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Interstices
Eco says 'we have a lot of empty spaces in our lives. I call them interstices' and explains how he works in these empty spaces.
Which novel made Umberto Eco famous?
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The Name of the Rose
The text mentions that 'In 1980, he acquired the equivalent of intellectual superstardom with the publication of The Name of the Rose, which sold more than 10 million copies.'
At what age did Umberto Eco start writing novels?
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Around 50
Eco says 'this is why probably I started writing narratives [novels] so late — at the age of 50, more or less.'
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