Chapter- 7           The Interview


Question: What is the title of the lesson?

Answer: The title of the lesson is “The Interview”.

Question: From which book is the lesson taken?
Answer: The lesson is taken from The Penguin Book of Interviews.

Question: Who edited The Penguin Book of Interviews?
Answer: The book was edited by Christopher Silvester.

Question: What is the lesson an excerpt from?
Answer: It is an excerpt from the introduction to The Penguin Book of Interviews: An Anthology from 1859 to the Present Day.

Question: Who is the author of the introduction?
Answer: The author of the introduction is Christopher Silvester.

Question: In which year was Christopher Silvester born?
Answer: Christopher Silvester was born in 1959.

Question: Where did Christopher Silvester study history?
Answer: He studied history at Peterhouse, Cambridge.

Question: For how many years did Silvester work as a reporter for Private Eye?
Answer: He worked as a reporter for Private Eye for ten years.

Question: Which magazine did Christopher Silvester write features for?
Answer: He wrote features for Vanity Fair.

Question: When was the interview invented?
Answer: The interview was invented a little over 130 years ago.

Question: Why has the interview become common in journalism?
Answer: It has become common because it is widely read and frequently used by journalists.

Question: Who usually reads interviews today?
Answer: Almost everybody who is literate reads interviews at some point.

Question: Who are often interviewed repeatedly?
Answer: Celebrities are often interviewed repeatedly.

Question: Do people share the same opinion about interviews?
Answer: No, opinions about interviews vary considerably.

Question: What do some people believe about interviews in their highest form?
Answer: They believe interviews can be a source of truth and an art.

Question: Why do some celebrities dislike interviews?
Answer: They feel interviews intrude into their private lives.

Question: How do some celebrities feel interviews affect them?
Answer: They feel interviews diminish them.

Question: What comparison is made with primitive cultures?
Answer: Interviews are compared to stealing a person’s soul through photography.

Question: What belief do some primitive cultures have about photographs?
Answer: They believe photographs steal a person’s soul.

Question: Who said that people are wounded by interviews?
Answer: V. S. Naipaul said that people are wounded by interviews.

Question: According to Naipaul, what happens to people after interviews?
Answer: They lose a part of themselves.

Question: Who was Lewis Carroll?
Answer: Lewis Carroll was the creator of Alice in Wonderland.

Question: How did Lewis Carroll feel about interviews?
Answer: He had a strong fear and dislike of interviewers.

Question: Did Lewis Carroll ever agree to be interviewed?
Answer: No, he never consented to be interviewed.

Question: What word is used to describe Lewis Carroll’s feeling about interviewers?
Answer: His feeling is described as “horror”.

Question: What does the term “unwarranted intrusion” mean in the context?
Answer: It means unnecessary interference in personal life.

Question: What does the lesson mainly discuss?
Answer: It discusses different opinions about interviews.

Question: Why are interviews considered powerful?
Answer: Because they reveal truth and influence public opinion.

Question: What kind of writer was V. S. Naipaul?
Answer: He was a cosmopolitan writer.

Question: For which achievement did V. S. Naipaul receive the Nobel Prize?
Answer: He received the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Question: In which year did V. S. Naipaul receive the Nobel Prize?
Answer: He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001.

Answer by Dimpee Bora