Intermezzo Quizzes

Intermezzo Quiz for Chapters 1-5

1 Who narrates the opening section of the novel?

Peter

Margaret

Christine

Ivan
2 For what does Peter critique Ivan?

Choosing to date an older woman

Not emotionally supporting him

Aspiring to be a professional chess player

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

Nine years

Two decades

A decade

14 years
4 How does Peter define classical conditioning?

The relationship between memory and feeling

Manipulation of certain appetites

Exploitation of the innocent

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

Peter's father recently died

Peter was leading up to ending their relationship

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?

Working at her school library

Prostitution

Dog walking

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

She did not remember him from their previous meeting

He looks younger than his age

He uses a fake online profile photo

She was not meant to recognize him
8 What does Margaret do for work?

She runs a bar

She works at a local community arts center

She is captain of a local chess club

She is a human rights lawyer
9 What makes Ivan nervous?

Contemplating the approach of the event

Drinking a beer with Ollie

Beating a ten year-old girl

Playing chess
10 Who gave the eulogy at Ivan and Peter's father's funeral?

Darren

Ivan

Christine

Peter
11 Where was the Koubek brothers' father from?

Bulgaria

Slovakia

Ireland

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

Passionate

Desire

Thirsty

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

It lacks quotation marks

It flits between the first-person perspectives of multiple characters

It purposely distorts standard grammatical structures

Characters can read each other's minds
14 What happens after Ivan and Margaret's rendezvous?

They plan a romantic getaway

They profess their love for each other

Ivan leaves his phone number with Margaret

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?

Intellectually

Emotionally and psychologically

Sexually and financially

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

Opens a court case

Returns it to the sender

Forgets about it

Reads and corrects it
18 Who is Alexei?

A chess opponent

Ivan's father's best friend

Ivan's dog

A member of the chess club
19 How does Ivan earn money?

Margaret financially provides for him

Sponsorships

Freelance data analysis

Chess tournaments
20 What does Ivan do when Margaret cries?

He tells her to see a therapist

He tells her to stop crying

He holds her

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?

an an angel

as a friend

the way she was before the accident

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

Transcendental

Sexual

Intellectual

Emotional
24 What confronts the fact of Sylvia's living body?

Peter's righteousness

Sylvia's love for Christ

Sylvia's high cold austerity

The brute force of Peter's appetite
25 What does Janine inform Peter about Naomi?

She never wants to see Peter again.

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

She moved into his apartment.

She was arrested.

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