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VIJETA SERIES CLASS - 12TH

The Interview Practice Sheet - 04

1. What did author present in this book? Short Answer Type Questions
(A) Varied opinions of politicians
7. What do you infer from the expression "thumbprints
(B) Varied opinions of civilians
on his windpipe"?
(C) Varied opinions of army men
(D) Varied opinions of celebrities regarding an
8. Why does Denis Brian believe that interviewer
interview
holds a position of unprecedented power and
influence?
2. What are some of the positive traits of of
interviews?
(A) Brings out the truth and gives vivid Long Answer Type Questions
impression of contemporaries
9. Interviews have become an integral part of
(B) Helps finding hidden talents
journalism and several celebrities have been
(C) Useful medium of communication
interviewed over the years. In spite of that, many
(D) All these
despise being interviewed. Elucidate.
3. What do you understand by the expression
10. Describe Umberto Eco's views on the huge success
Thumbprints on his windpipes"?
of his novel, The Name of the Rose
(A) Creating excessive pressure on throat
(B) Creating excessive pressure on vical chords
(C) Creating excessive pressure and tension for
someone
(D) None

4. What impression is formed of Umberto after reading

the lesson- The Interview?
(A) A person of substance
(B) A person of character
(C) A person of words
(D) A person of vision and firm convictions

5. What ideas do you form of Umberto's personality

after his interview with Mukand?
(A) A very rigid person
(B) A boastful and arrogant
(C) An illusionary vision
(D) An academician with philosophical and
ethical interest

6. What do Rudyard Kipling and his wife express

about interviews?
(A) Immoral
(B) Not good
(C) Very bad
(D) Immoral and offensive crime against a person
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Answer Key
1. (D) 4. (D)

2. (D) 5. (D)

3. (C) 6. (D)
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Hints and Solutions

1. (D) Varied opinions of celebrities regarding an 9. Interviews- a commonplace of journalism -
interview celebrities have been interviewed over the years
opinions about interviews vary considerably- some
2. (D) All these consider interview as a source of truth and in
practice, an art- several celebrities despise being
3. (C) Creating excessive pressure and tension for interviewed-most of them consider interviews as an
someone unwarranted intrusion into their lives-people are
wounded by interviews as per V S Naipaul-Lewis
4. (D) A person of vision and firm convictions Carroll had horror of the interviewer-Rudyard
Kipling considered interviews as immoral,
5. (D) An academician with philosophical and cowardly, vile and as a crime- HG Wells felt
ethical interest interviews as an ordeal-Saul Bellow considered
interviews as thumbprints on his windpipe-
6. (D) Immoral and offensive crime against a person interview has its own drawbacks that created
aversion in many
7. Saul Bellow, the American writer opined interviews
10. The Name of the Rose- enjoyed huge success- a
as 'thumbprints on his windpipe'. He considers
detective yarn-deals with metaphysics, theology and
interviews as a strangulating experience. It suggests
medieval history- sold between 10 and 15 million
that interviews are suffocating and painful and he
copies-became a success among those who do not
detested it.
want easy reading experiences-American publisher
didn't expect to sell more than 3000 copies- sold two
8. Denis Brian believes that almost everything of
or three million copies in US-Eco considers the
moment reaches us through one man asking
success of the book as a mystery.
questions of another. So, interviewer holds a
position of unprecedented power and influence. It
highlights the utilitarian aspect of interview.

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