The document contains sample questions from a CBSE English question bank for Class XII about the prose chapter "The Interview" from the book Flamingo. It includes 7 multiple choice questions about Umberto Eco's novel "The Name of the Rose" and his reactions to interviews. The questions probe details about the publisher's expectations for the novel, Eco's academic writing style, and his dual career as an academic and novelist.
The document contains sample questions from a CBSE English question bank for Class XII about the prose chapter "The Interview" from the book Flamingo. It includes 7 multiple choice questions about Umberto Eco's novel "The Name of the Rose" and his reactions to interviews. The questions probe details about the publisher's expectations for the novel, Eco's academic writing style, and his dual career as an academic and novelist.
The document contains sample questions from a CBSE English question bank for Class XII about the prose chapter "The Interview" from the book Flamingo. It includes 7 multiple choice questions about Umberto Eco's novel "The Name of the Rose" and his reactions to interviews. The questions probe details about the publisher's expectations for the novel, Eco's academic writing style, and his dual career as an academic and novelist.
CLASS: XII SUBJECT: ENGLISH (301) FLAMINGO (PROSE) 7. THE INTERVIEW 1. What did the publisher think of ‘The Name of the Rose’? (2012) 2 2. What drawbacks of interviews have been pointed out by Lewis Carrol? (2010) 2 3. How did Lewis Carroll react to the interviews? (2012) 2 4. What was distinctive about Eco’s academic writing style? (2011) 5 5. What made the American publisher think that the novel, ‘The Name of the Rose’ 5 won’t sell well in America? What actually happened? What was the secret of its success? (2013) 6. Eco’s academic work has certain playful and personal quality about it. Comment. 5 (2013) 7. Umberto Eco is an academic as well as a famous novelist. Comment. (2013) 5