The Interview MCQs with answers

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Q. 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
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (D) immoral and offensive crime against a person
Q. Why were the journalists and publishers puzzled by the success of The Name of the Rose?
  • (A) because readers like trash and it was a serious novel
  • (B) because it was becoming popular
  • (C) because of its high rated success
  • (D) None of the above
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (A) because readers like trash and it was a serious novel
Q. What was Lewis Caroll’s opinion of interviews and autographs?
  • (A) wonder
  • (B) terror
  • (C) horror
  • (D) None of the above
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (C) horror
Q. Which period of history do Umberto’s novels deal with?
  • (A) Renaissance
  • (B) dark age
  • (C) modern era
  • (D) Medieval period
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (D) Medieval period
Q. Why did Umberto start writing novels?
  • (A) to avail an opportunity
  • (B) to be in limelight
  • (C) to share his views
  • (D) to make best use of empty spaces means free time
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (D) to make best use of empty spaces means free time
Q. What facts are being showcased in the interview held between Eco and Padamanabhan?
  • (A) He takes pride in being an academician, a university Professor first
  • (B) Being a novelist is a secondary thing for him
  • (C) Uses his free time for writing novels
  • (D) All of the above
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (D) All of the above
Q. How many novels has Umberto written?
  • (A) 5
  • (B) 8
  • (C) 10
  • (D) 15
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (A) 5
Q. What do his works for children speak about ?
  • (A) his passion for children
  • (B) non-violence and peace
  • (C) children love to be happy
  • (D) children are nuisance
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (B) non-violence and peace
Q. Explain ‘Denis Brain’s statement “Almost everything of moment reaches us through one man asking questions of others.’
  • (A) The interviewer has the power
  • (B) The interviewer has status
  • (C) The interviewer can elicit the truth and has the power to influence
  • (D) All of the above
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (D) All of the above
Q. Enumerate ‘An Interview is a supremely serviceable medium of communication?
  • (A) a medium to gossip
  • (B) a medium to prosper
  • (C) a noble medium of interaction and introspection
  • (D) a medium to be the talk of the town
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (C) a noble medium of interaction and introspection
Q. What satisfied Umberto’s taste for narration?
  • (A) Novels
  • (B) interviews
  • (C) children’s works
  • (D) stories
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (A) Novels
Q. What do you understand by the expression ‘Thumbprints on his windpipes”?
  • (A) creating excessive pressure on throat
  • (B) creating excessive pressure on vocal chords
  • (C) creating excessive pressure and tension for someone
  • (D) None of the above
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (C) creating excessive pressure and tension for someone
Q. Why do the celebrities feel embarassed most often?
  • (A) because of question attacks during interviews
  • (B) because of interviewer’s gestures
  • (C) because of interviewer’s appearance
  • (D) None of the above
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (A) because of question attacks during interviews
Q. At what age did he start writing novels?
  • (A) at the age of 55
  • (B) at the age of 50
  • (C) at the age of 57
  • (D) at the age of 52
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (B) at the age of 50
Q. Why do most celebrity writers despise being interviewed?
  • (A) they don’t like journalists
  • (B) unwarranted intrusion in their life
  • (C) their privacy is hurt
  • (D) None of the above
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (B) unwarranted intrusion in their life
Q. What is the reason for huge success of the novel The Name of The Rose?
  • (A) Mystic
  • (B) Metaphysics and medieval history period used
  • (C) Detective style and theology
  • (D) All of these
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (D) All of these
Q. How does Umberto Eco find so much time to write so much?
  • (A) using early morning time
  • (B) using his office time
  • (C) using empty spaces (free times) like waiting for someone, break time
  • (D) using his family time
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (C) using empty spaces (free times) like waiting for someone, break time
Q. What did he present in this book?
  • (A) varied opinions of politicians
  • (B) varied opinions of civilians
  • (C) varied opinions of armymen
  • (D) varied opinions of celebrities regarding an interview
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (D) varied opinions of celebrities regarding an interview
Q. What does Naipaul present in his travel books?
  • (A) his feelings
  • (B) impression of the country of his ancestors that is India
  • (C) his feelings about interviews
  • (D) none of the above
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (B) impression of the country of his ancestors that is India
Q. Who is the author of the lesson ‘The Interview’?
  • (A) Christopher Silvester (1959)
  • (B) Christopher Priest
  • (C) Alfred John Churchley
  • (D) J.B. Priestley
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (A) Christopher Silvester (1959)
Q. What kind of a novel was The Name of The Rose?
  • (A) hilarious
  • (B) fiction
  • (C) non-fiction
  • (D) a serious one
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (D) a serious one
Q. In what way interviews have become a common place of journalism?
  • (A) because of its power, influence and medium of communication
  • (B) because of its pomp
  • (C) because of its glory
  • (D) because of its rapport
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (A) because of its power, influence and medium of communication
Q. Who has written Alice in Wonderland?
  • (A) Christopher
  • (B) Rudyard Kripling
  • (C) Lewis Caroll
  • (D) Mukand
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (C) Lewis Caroll
Q. Why does Eco call the success of his book a mystery?
  • (A) because of its success
  • (B) because of its popularity
  • (C) because of many factors
  • (D) because of many factors and many other books were written on the same medieval period
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (D) because of many factors and many other books were written on the same medieval period
Q. According to Umberto what will happen to the world if we eliminate empty spaces from the universe?
  • (A) The world will become beautiful
  • (B) The world will shrink and will become as big as a fish.
  • (C) The world will be round
  • (D) The world will be completely ours
💬 Discuss
✅ Correct Answer: (B) The world will shrink and will become as big as a fish.

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Table of contents

  1. What do Rudyard Kipling and his wife express about interviews?
  2. Why were the journalists and publishers puzzled by the success of The Name of the Rose?
  3. What was Lewis Caroll’s opinion of interviews and autographs?
  4. Which period of history do Umberto’s novels deal with?
  5. Why did Umberto start writing novels?
  6. What facts are being showcased in the interview held between Eco and Padamanabhan?
  7. How many novels has Umberto written?
  8. What do his works for children speak about ?
  9. Explain ‘Denis Brain’s statement “Almost everything of moment reaches us through one man aski
  10. Enumerate ‘An Interview is a supremely serviceable medium of communication?
  11. What satisfied Umberto’s taste for narration?
  12. What do you understand by the expression ‘Thumbprints on his windpipes”?
  13. Why do the celebrities feel embarassed most often?
  14. At what age did he start writing novels?
  15. Why do most celebrity writers despise being interviewed?
  16. What is the reason for huge success of the novel The Name of The Rose?
  17. How does Umberto Eco find so much time to write so much?
  18. What did he present in this book?
  19. What does Naipaul present in his travel books?
  20. Who is the author of the lesson ‘The Interview’?
  21. What kind of a novel was The Name of The Rose?
  22. In what way interviews have become a common place of journalism?
  23. Who has written Alice in Wonderland?
  24. Why does Eco call the success of his book a mystery?
  25. According to Umberto what will happen to the world if we eliminate empty spaces from the universe?