Intermezzo Quizzes

Intermezzo Quiz for Chapters 1-5

1 Who narrates the opening section of the novel?
Margaret

Christine

Ivan

Peter
2 For what does Peter critique Ivan?
Not emotionally supporting him

Aspiring to be a professional chess player

Choosing to date an older woman

His outfit at their father's funeral
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?
None

Exploitation of the innocent

Manipulation of certain appetites

The relationship between memory and feeling
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 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

Prostitution

Dog walking
7 Why does Margaret not recognize Ivan?
She did not remember him from their previous meeting

He looks younger than his age

She was not meant to recognize him

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

She works at a local community arts center

She is captain of a local chess club

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

Beating a ten year-old girl

Playing chess

Drinking a beer with Ollie
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?
Slovakia

Slovenia

Ireland

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

Passionate

Thirsty

Desire
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 flits between the first-person perspectives of multiple characters

It lacks quotation marks
14 What happens after Ivan and Margaret's rendezvous?
Ivan leaves his phone number with Margaret

They decide to leave it at a one-night stand

They profess their love for each other

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

A rat

A loser

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

Sexually and financially

Physically

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

Opens a court case

Returns it to the sender

Reads and corrects it
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?
Margaret financially provides for him

Sponsorships

Chess tournaments

Freelance data analysis
20 What does Ivan do when Margaret cries?
He tells her to stop crying

He tells her to see a therapist

He turns away, unable to handle her emotions

He holds her
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?
as the other

an an angel

the way she was before the accident

as a friend
23 What kind of boundary does Sylvia redraw?
Sexual

Intellectual

Transcendental

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

Peter's righteousness

The brute force of Peter's appetite

Sylvia's high cold austerity
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 was arrested.

She moved into his apartment.

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