The Interview Class 12 MCQ Quiz – Test Your Understanding!

Are you ready to test your knowledge of "The Interview" from the Class 12 English Flamingo textbook? This MCQ quiz will help you revise key concepts, themes, and important insights about the power of journalism, the art of interviewing, and different perspectives on interviews.

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  • Chapter Name: The Interview
  • Author: Christopher Silvester
  • Subject: English (Flamingo)
  • Book: NCERT Class 12 English
  • Question Type: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
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The Interview

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Column A below describes Rudyard Kipling’s views on interviews. Column B provides fictional descriptions of some of Kipling’s works if they were about interviews and interviewers. Choose the option that correctly matches interview attributes given in Column A to the works in Column B:

Column A Column B
1. immoral (i) ‘The Mark of the Beast’ – An illicit tale of unforgivable offenses against man and society.
2. cowardly (ii) ‘The Jungle Book’ – A journey into the corrupt jungle of information where conscience and principles do not exist.
3. vile (iii) ‘The Light that Failed’ – A story of audacious truth being left in the dark alleys of craven scandal and misrepresentation.
4. criminal (iv) ‘The Man Who Would Be King’ – A saga of evil depravity of a man who ruled over heroes and became a villain.

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What makes an interview 'a source of truth'?

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Umberto Eco states that ‘empty spaces’ actually fill spaces, and without them, the universe would be the size of a human fist. He also goes on to say that it is in an interstice such as waiting, which the dictionary defines as a time for pause, that he works. That is, passive waiting is essentially active writing time. Choose the literary device that best describes what Eco does with the concepts of ‘empty spaces’ and ‘waiting’.

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So it is hardly surprising that opinions of the interview --- of its functions, methods, and merits --- vary considerably. 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. V. S. Naipaul feels that 'Some people are wounded by interviews and lose a part of themselves.' Lewis Carroll, the creator of Alice in Wonderland, was said to have had 'a just horror of the interviewer' and he never consented to be interviewed.

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Based on V. S. Naipaul's quote, we can say that interviews __________.

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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.

On the basis of the extract, choose the correct option with reference to the two statements given below.

  1. Celebrities don’t consent to be interviewed.
  2. Interviews intrude on the privacy of celebrities.

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How does the author's writing style in "The Interview" engage the reader?

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Mukund Padmanabhan mentions that much like his novels, Umberto Eco’s “scholarly work has a certain playful and personal quality about it.” To what is this attributed?

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Saul Bellow, who has consented to be interviewed on several occasions, nevertheless once described interviews as being like thumbprints on his windpipe. 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 through interviews,” 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.”

How would you describe Denis Brian’s opinion on interviews? Choose the most appropriate option.

  1. appeasing
  2. utilitarian
  3. approving
  4. praising

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Saul Bellow, who has consented to be interviewed on several occasions, nevertheless once described interviews as being like thumbprints on his windpipe. 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 through interviews,” 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.”

The use of the word “serviceable” implies that interviews are _________

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How does the author's writing style in 'The Interview' affect the reader's understanding of the story?

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According to Christopher Silvester, the interview can be “in its highest form, a source of truth”. Choose the option that does NOT enable this.

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So it is hardly surprising that opinions of the interview --- of its functions, methods, and merits --- vary considerably. 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. V. S. Naipaul feels that 'Some people are wounded by interviews and lose a part of themselves.' Lewis Carroll, the creator of Alice in Wonderland, was said to have had 'a just horror of the interviewer' and he never consented to be interviewed.

What tone does the author of the extract have while describing the interview?

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Which of these uses 'just' in the same way as the following expression in the extract?

'a just horror of the interviewer'

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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.

The author’s views on the interview, in the extract, can best be described as statements based on ______.

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I work in empty spaces”. Choose the option that most accurately captures Eco’s idea of empty spaces.

  1. management of time
  2. organization of space
  3. philosophical inclination
  4. command of thought

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Key Topics Covered in the Quiz

Different perspectives on interviews
Celebrities’ views on being interviewed
The power and influence of journalism
Famous interviews and their impact

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