Who, in today’s world, is our chief source of information about personalities?
Nowadays the chief source of information on personalities is the interviewer who, assaults his power and influence, collects information and provides us with best possible information on the interviewees.
What is the belief in some primitive cultures about being photographed?
What do you understand by the expression “thumbprints on his windpipe”?
Do you think Umberto Eco likes being interviewed? Give reasons for your opinion.
Why do most celebrity writers despise being interviewed?
What is the reason for the huge success of the novel, The Name of the Rose?
How does Eco find the time to write so much?
Did Umberto Eco consider himself a novelist first or an academic scholar?
What are some of the positive views on interviews?
What was distinctive about Eco’s academic writing style?
What was Franz expected to be prepared with for school that day?
What is Saheb looking for in the garbage dumps? Where is he and where has he come from?
What is the “misadventure” that William Douglas speaks about?
From where did the peddler get the idea of the world being a rattrap?
Strike out what is not true in the following.
a. Rajkumar Shukla was
(i) a sharecropper.
(ii) a politician.
(iii) delegate.
(iv) a landlord.
b. Rajkumar Shukla was
(i) poor.
(ii) physically strong.
(iii) illiterate.
What does the writer mean by ‘the fiery misery’ of those subjected to make-up’?
Where was it most likely that the two girls would find work after school?
What did Franz notice that was unusual about the school that day?
What explanations does the author offer for the children not wearing footwear?
What were the series of emotions and fears that Douglas experienced when he was thrown into the pool? What plans did he make to come to the surface?
Does Geoff believe what Sophie says about her meeting with Danny Casey?
Which was the only occasion when she got to see Danny Casey in person?
Subbu is described as a many-sided genius. List four of his special abilities.
What had been put up on the bulletin-board?
Why is Rajkumar Shukla described as being ‘resolute’?
Why is the Englishman’s visit referred to as unexplained mystery?
How does Sophie include her brother Geoff in her fantasy of her future?
How does the author describe the incongruity of an English poet addressing the audience at Gemini Studios?
Which country did Danny Casey play for?
Why didn’t Sophie want Jansie to know about her story with Danny?