Intermezzo Quizzes

Intermezzo Quiz for Chapters 1-5

1 Who narrates the opening section of the novel?

Christine

Ivan

Peter

Margaret
2 For what does Peter critique Ivan?

His outfit at their father's funeral

Aspiring to be a professional chess player

Not emotionally supporting him

Choosing to date an older woman
3 What is the age difference between Peter and Ivan?

Two decades

Nine years

A decade

14 years
4 How does Peter define classical conditioning?

The relationship between memory and feeling

Exploitation of the innocent

Manipulation of certain appetites

None
5 Why had Peter been out of touch with Naomi?

Peter was leading up to ending their relationship

Peter's father recently died

Peter was secretly ensconced in a hotel with his other girlfriend

Peter took a break from life without telling anyone
6 How does Naomi earn extra cash?

Dog walking

Prostitution

Working at her school library

By selling risqué photos of herself online
7 Why does Margaret not recognize Ivan?

She was not meant to recognize him

He looks younger than his age

He uses a fake online profile photo

She did not remember him from their previous meeting
8 What does Margaret do for work?

She is captain of a local chess club

She runs a bar

She is a human rights lawyer

She works at a local community arts center
9 What makes Ivan nervous?

Playing chess

Contemplating the approach of the event

Drinking a beer with Ollie

Beating a ten year-old girl
10 Who gave the eulogy at Ivan and Peter's father's funeral?

Ivan

Christine

Darren

Peter
11 Where was the Koubek brothers' father from?

Slovenia

Slovakia

Ireland

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

Hungry

Desire

Passionate

Thirsty
13 Which of the following is true about Rooney's writing?

It flits between the first-person perspectives of multiple characters

It purposely distorts standard grammatical structures

Characters can read each other's minds

It lacks quotation marks
14 What happens after Ivan and Margaret's rendezvous?

They profess their love for each other

They decide to leave it at a one-night stand

They plan a romantic getaway

Ivan leaves his phone number with Margaret
15 What does Peter call Ivan in response to his chess performance?

A genius

A nerd

A loser

A rat
16 How is Peter concerned that he is exploiting Naomi?

Emotionally and psychologically

Sexually and financially

Physically

Intellectually
17 What does Peter do with the letter that Naomi shows him?

Returns it to the sender

Opens a court case

Forgets about it

Reads and corrects it
18 Who is Alexei?

A member of the chess club

A chess opponent

Ivan's father's best friend

Ivan's dog
19 How does Ivan earn money?

Freelance data analysis

Margaret financially provides for him

Sponsorships

Chess tournaments
20 What does Ivan do when Margaret cries?

He tells her to stop crying

He turns away, unable to handle her emotions

He holds her

He tells her to see a therapist
21 Sylvia tells Peter that Ivan looks like __.

him (Peter)

a twelve year-old boy

an old man

their father
22 How does Sylvia want Peter to remember her?

as a friend

the way she was before the accident

an an angel

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

Intellectual

Sexual

Emotional

Transcendental
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 was arrested.

She moved into his apartment.

She never wants to see Peter again.

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

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