THE INTERVIEW
THINK AS YOU READ
1. What are some of the positive views on interviews?
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2. Why do most celebrity writers despise being interviewed?
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3. What is the belief in some primitive cultures about being photographed?
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4. What do you understand by the expression ‘thumbprints on his windpipe’?’
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5. Who, in today’s world, is our chief source of information about personalities?
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UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT
1. Do you think Umberto Eco likes being interviewed? Give reasons for your opinion?
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3. What was distinctive about Eco’s academic writing style?
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4. Did Umberto Eco consider himself a novelist first or an academic scholar?
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5. What is the reason for the huge success of the novel, The Name of the Rose?
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TALKING ABOUT THE TEXTDiscuss in pairs or small groups.
2. The medium you like best for an interview, print, radio, or television.
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3. Every famous person has a right to his or her privacy. Interviewers sometimes embarrass celebrities with every personal question.
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