Intermezzo Quizzes

Intermezzo Quiz for Chapters 1-5

1 Who narrates the opening section of the novel?
Margaret

Ivan

Peter

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

Choosing to date an older woman

His outfit at their father's funeral

Not emotionally supporting him
3 What is the age difference between Peter and Ivan?
Two decades

Nine years

14 years

A decade
4 How does Peter define classical conditioning?
Manipulation of certain appetites

Exploitation of the innocent

The relationship between memory and feeling

None
5 Why had Peter been out of touch with Naomi?
Peter's father recently died

Peter took a break from life without telling anyone

Peter was leading up to ending their relationship

Peter was secretly ensconced in a hotel with his other girlfriend
6 How does Naomi earn extra cash?
Prostitution

By selling risqué photos of herself online

Working at her school library

Dog walking
7 Why does Margaret not recognize Ivan?
She was not meant to recognize him

She did not remember him from their previous meeting

He looks younger than his age

He uses a fake online profile photo
8 What does Margaret do for work?
She is captain of a local chess club

She works at a local community arts center

She is a human rights lawyer

She runs a bar
9 What makes Ivan nervous?
Playing chess

Drinking a beer with Ollie

Beating a ten year-old girl

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

Darren

Ivan

Christine
11 Where was the Koubek brothers' father from?
Slovakia

Slovenia

Bulgaria

Ireland
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 purposely distorts standard grammatical structures

It lacks quotation marks

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

Ivan leaves his phone number with Margaret

They decide to leave it at a one-night stand

They plan a romantic getaway
15 What does Peter call Ivan in response to his chess performance?
A genius

A nerd

A rat

A loser
16 How is Peter concerned that he is exploiting Naomi?
Sexually and financially

Intellectually

Emotionally and psychologically

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

Reads and corrects it

Returns it to the sender

Opens a court case
18 Who is Alexei?
Ivan's dog

Ivan's father's best friend

A chess opponent

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

Freelance data analysis

Sponsorships

Margaret financially provides for him
20 What does Ivan do when Margaret cries?
He tells her to see a therapist

He turns away, unable to handle her emotions

He tells her to stop crying

He holds her
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?
an an angel

as a friend

as the other

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

Transcendental

Sexual

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

The brute force of Peter's appetite

Peter's righteousness

Sylvia's love for Christ
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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