Intermezzo Quizzes

Intermezzo Quiz for Chapters 1-5

1 Who narrates the opening section of the novel?
Christine

Peter

Margaret

Ivan
2 For what does Peter critique Ivan?
His outfit at their father's funeral

Choosing to date an older woman

Not emotionally supporting him

Aspiring to be a professional chess player
3 What is the age difference between Peter and Ivan?
Two decades

14 years

A decade

Nine years
4 How does Peter define classical conditioning?
The relationship between memory and feeling

None

Manipulation of certain appetites

Exploitation of the innocent
5 Why had Peter been out of touch with Naomi?
Peter was leading up to ending their relationship

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
6 How does Naomi earn extra cash?
By selling risqué photos of herself online

Prostitution

Dog walking

Working at her school library
7 Why does Margaret not recognize Ivan?
She was not meant to recognize him

He looks younger than his age

She did not remember him from their previous meeting

He uses a fake online profile photo
8 What does Margaret do for work?
She is a human rights lawyer

She is captain of a local chess club

She works at a local community arts center

She runs a bar
9 What makes Ivan nervous?
Contemplating the approach of the event

Drinking a beer with Ollie

Playing chess

Beating a ten year-old girl
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?
Slovakia

Bulgaria

Ireland

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

Thirsty

Passionate

Hungry
13 Which of the following is true about Rooney's writing?
Characters can read each other's minds

It lacks quotation marks

It purposely distorts standard grammatical structures

It flits between the first-person perspectives of multiple characters
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 loser

A nerd

A rat

A genius
16 How is Peter concerned that he is exploiting Naomi?
Physically

Intellectually

Sexually and financially

Emotionally and psychologically
17 What does Peter do with the letter that Naomi shows him?
Forgets about it

Returns it to the sender

Opens a court case

Reads and corrects it
18 Who is Alexei?
Ivan's dog

Ivan's father's best friend

A member of the chess club

A chess opponent
19 How does Ivan earn money?
Chess tournaments

Margaret financially provides for him

Freelance data analysis

Sponsorships
20 What does Ivan do when Margaret cries?
He tells her to see a therapist

He turns away, unable to handle her emotions

He holds her

He tells her to stop crying
21 Sylvia tells Peter that Ivan looks like __.
a twelve year-old boy

an old man

him (Peter)

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

an an angel

as the other

the way she was before the accident
23 What kind of boundary does Sylvia redraw?
Sexual

Transcendental

Intellectual

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

Sylvia's high cold austerity

The brute force of Peter's appetite

Peter's righteousness
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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