Intermezzo Quizzes

Intermezzo Quiz for Chapters 1-5

1 Who narrates the opening section of the novel?
Ivan

Christine

Peter

Margaret
2 For what does Peter critique Ivan?
Aspiring to be a professional chess player

Choosing to date an older woman

Not emotionally supporting him

His outfit at their father's funeral
3 What is the age difference between Peter and Ivan?
A decade

Nine years

Two decades

14 years
4 How does Peter define classical conditioning?
None

The relationship between memory and feeling

Exploitation of the innocent

Manipulation of certain appetites
5 Why had Peter been out of touch with Naomi?
Peter took a break from life without telling anyone

Peter's father recently died

Peter was secretly ensconced in a hotel with his other girlfriend

Peter was leading up to ending their relationship
6 How does Naomi earn extra cash?
By selling risqué photos of herself online

Working at her school library

Dog walking

Prostitution
7 Why does Margaret not recognize Ivan?
He uses a fake online profile photo

She did not remember him from their previous meeting

He looks younger than his age

She was not meant to recognize him
8 What does Margaret do for work?
She works at a local community arts center

She is a human rights lawyer

She runs a bar

She is captain of a local chess club
9 What makes Ivan nervous?
Beating a ten year-old girl

Playing chess

Drinking a beer with Ollie

Contemplating the approach of the event
10 Who gave the eulogy at Ivan and Peter's father's funeral?
Ivan

Christine

Peter

Darren
11 Where was the Koubek brothers' father from?
Bulgaria

Slovakia

Slovenia

Ireland
12 What charged word does Margaret regret using in conversation with Ivan at the bar?
Desire

Passionate

Hungry

Thirsty
13 Which of the following is true about Rooney's writing?
It purposely distorts standard grammatical structures

It lacks quotation marks

It flits between the first-person perspectives of multiple characters

Characters can read each other's minds
14 What happens after Ivan and Margaret's rendezvous?
Ivan leaves his phone number with Margaret

They plan a romantic getaway

They profess their love for each other

They decide to leave it at a one-night stand
15 What does Peter call Ivan in response to his chess performance?
A nerd

A loser

A rat

A genius
16 How is Peter concerned that he is exploiting Naomi?
Emotionally and psychologically

Physically

Sexually and financially

Intellectually
17 What does Peter do with the letter that Naomi shows him?
Reads and corrects it

Forgets about it

Returns it to the sender

Opens a court case
18 Who is Alexei?
Ivan's father's best friend

A member of the chess club

Ivan's dog

A chess opponent
19 How does Ivan earn money?
Freelance data analysis

Sponsorships

Margaret financially provides for him

Chess tournaments
20 What does Ivan do when Margaret cries?
He holds her

He tells her to see a therapist

He tells her to stop crying

He turns away, unable to handle her emotions
21 Sylvia tells Peter that Ivan looks like __.
an old man

him (Peter)

a twelve year-old boy

their father
22 How does Sylvia want Peter to remember her?
the way she was before the accident

as a friend

an an angel

as the other
23 What kind of boundary does Sylvia redraw?
Emotional

Intellectual

Transcendental

Sexual
24 What confronts the fact of Sylvia's living body?
Sylvia's love for Christ

The brute force of Peter's appetite

Peter's righteousness

Sylvia's high cold austerity
25 What does Janine inform Peter about Naomi?
She moved into his apartment.

She was arrested.

She knows the truth about Peter's relationship with Sylvia.

She never wants to see Peter again.

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