Question

When I presented my first Doctoral dissertation in Italy, one of the Professors said, "Scholars learn a lot a certain subject, then they make a lot of false hypotheses, then they correct them and at the end, they put the conclusions. You, on the contrary, told the story of your research. Even including your trials and errors." At the same time, he recognized I was right and went on publish my dissertation as a book, which meant he appreciated it. Questions : (i) Name the chapter and its author. (ii) Where did the speaker present his first Doctoral dissertation ? (iii) Whose academic work is being discussed ? (iv) Who is the interviewer of this passage ? (v) Find words from the passage which mean the same as: (a) Supposition (b) Attempt

Answer 1

Answer:

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Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

(i) The chapter is called The Interview and its author is Christopher Silvester.

(ii) The first Doctoral dissertation of the speaker was presented in Italy.

(iii) The academic work of Umberto Eco, the speaker, is being discussed in the given passage.

(iv) The speaker is being interviewed by Mukund Padmanabhan.

(v) (a) hypotheses

    (b) trials and errors

Explanation:

(i) The chapter is called The Interview by Christopher Silvester. It is chapter 7 of the Flamingo English textbook of grade XII.

(ii) The speaker had his first Doctoral dissertation in Italy. He speaks of having learned something different at the age of 22 back then. This got him into being a narrative writer.

(iii) Umberto Eco has a great academic background which is being discussed in the interview where he tells about his first doctoral dissertation and how he ended up changing up the academic writing style for good and putting in a bit of informal touch to it. He is also a professor at the University of Bologna in Italy and a renowned scholar.

(iv) The interviewer is Mukund Padmanabhan. He is from The Hindu.

(v) (a) Supposition - hypotheses (forming ideas without any evidence)

    (b) Attempt - trials and errors (the process before achieving a result)

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