12th Eng Ch-7 THE INTERVIEW EXTRACT SOLVED STRICTLY BASED ON CBSE PATTERN

CH-7 THE INTERVIEW by 

Christopher Silvester 

  

Extract -1

And then I have a secret. Did you know what will happen if you eliminate the empty spaces from the Universe, eliminate the empty spaces in all the atoms? The Universe will become as big as my fist. Similarly, we have a lot of empty spaces in our lives. I call them interstices

(a) Who has a secret?

(i) The writer himself

(ii) Mukund Padmanabhan

(iii) Caroline

(iv) Umberto Eco

(b) Whom is the speaker speaking to?

(c) What secret does the speaker share with the interviewer?

(i) Secret of his successful life

(ii) Secret of the popularity of his novel

(iii) Secret of utilising empty spaces

(iv) None of the above

(d) Find a word from the extract which means 'remove'.

(e) 'As big as my fist'-the figure of speech is……….

(f) What are interstices?

Extract -2

Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:

 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.

(a) Choose the appropriate option with reference to the given extract:

Most of the celebrities dislike being interviewed because:

(i) it is sheer nonsense.

(ii) nobody reveals his/her inner self.

(iii) it is sheer waste of time.

(iv) it is an unwarranted intrusion into their lives.

(b) Complete the analogy with a word from the extract:

light: darkness ::............: refused

(c) In primitive cultures being photographed implied:

(i) announcing victory.

(ii) soul has been stolen.

(iii) saving a memory for posterity.

(iv) becoming popular.

(d) From the given extract, we know that……… never agreed to be interviewed.

(i) Lewis Carroll (ii) V.S. Naipaul

(iii) T.S. Eliot (iv) Charlie Sheen

(e) In the given extract, the word 'diminish' most nearly means:

(i) deepens (ii) disappoints

(iii) lessens (iv) languishes

(f) In the given extract, the writer indicates that most people……. interviews.

(i) celebrated (ii) read

(iii) gave (iv) despised

Extract -3

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.

(a) What is hardly surprising?

(b) What does 'its' in the first sentence stand for?

(i) Interview's (ii) Journalism's

(iii) A literate person's

(iv) None of the above

(c) What is the extravagant claim that some might make?

(i) Interview is a common place of journalism

(ii) Interview in its highest form-a source of truth

(iii) Several thousand celebrities have been interviewed

(iv) Everybody who is literate will have read an interview

(d) A word similar in meaning to extravagant' is……..

(e) Who is the author?

(f) Give an antonym of 'vary'.

Extract -4

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."

(a) Whose wife if being referred to in the first line of the given extract?

(b) What attitude towards an interviewer is shown by Caroline's remark in her diary?

(i) Praiseworthy (ii) Condemnatory

(iii) Neutral (iv) None of these

(c) Whom does 'I' refer to in the lines above?

(i) V.S. Naipaul (ii) Lewis Carroll

(iii) Rudyard Kipling (iv) H.G. Wells

(d) A word similar in meaning to 'immoral' is………

(e) Give an antonym of 'assault.

(f) What does 'it' stand for in the last line?

Extract -5

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.

Answer the following questions:

1. What is the most likely reason some people consider the practice of interview to be an art ?

This could be because it requires………

(a) fluency of words.

(b) sensitive and careful handling.

(c) creativity and imagination.

(d) probing and focusing on details.

2. Rewrite the sentence by replacing the underlined phrase with its inference.

Celebrities feel that an interview diminishes them. 

3. 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 the privacy of celebrities

( a) (1) Can be inferred from the extract but (2) cannot. 

( b) (1) cannot be inferred from the extract but (2) can.

(c) (1) is true but (2) is false.

(d) (2) is the reason for (1).

4. Rationalise, to support the given opinion:

To say that an interview, in its highest form, is a source of truth, is an extravagant claim.

5.Replace the underlined word with its antonym from the extract.

Some celebrities hate the idea of having to give an interview because it makes them feel like supporters. 

6. The author's views on interview, in the extract, can best be described as statements based on……….

(a) facts (b) hypothesis (c) beliefs (d) superstitions

Extract 6

Yes because I consider myself a university professor who writes novels on Sundays, It's not a joke.

"I participate in academic conferences and

not meetings of Pen Clubs and writers. I

identify myself with the academic community."

(a) Who is speaking to whom?

(b) How does the speaker identify himself with the academic community?

(i) By attending meetings of pen clubs

(ii) By meeting writers

(iii) By participating in academic conferences

(iv) None of the above

(c) Most people identify him as a:

(i) professor (ii) poet

(iii) journalist (iv) novelist

(d) A word similar in meaning to 'identify' is………

(e) Who is the author?

(f) Who is 'l' in the extract?

Answer 

Extract -1

(a) (iv) Umberto Eco

(b) The speaker is speaking to the journalist Mukund Padmanabhan.

(c) (iii) Secret of utilising empty spaces

(d) Eliminate.

(e) simile

(f) Interstices are empty spaces between pieces of work.

Extract -2

Answer 

a) (iv) it is an unwarranted intrusion into their lives.

(b) consented

(c) (ii) soul has been stolen.

(d) (i) Lewis Carroll

(e) (iii) lessens

(f) (iv) despised

Extract -3

(a) it is hardly surprising that opinions of the interview-its functions, methods and merits vary.

(b)(i) Interview's

(c) (ii) Interview in its highest form-a source of truth

(d) absurd or excessive

(e) Christopher Silvester is the author.

(f) An antonym of 'vary' is agree or conform

Extract -4

a) Rudyard Kipling's wife is being referred to in the first line of the given extract.

(b) (ii) Condemnatory

(c) (iii) Rudyard Kipling

(d) unethical or indecent

(e) An antonym of 'assault' is retreat or praise.

(f) 'It' stands for the interview in the last line.

Extract -5

Hints: 1. (c) 2. makes them appear ordinary 3. (d) (2) is the reason for (1). 4. An interview is not a source of truth because interviewee may respond diplomatically and may hide the truth 5. victims 6.(a)

Extract -6 do it yourself