Intermezzo Quizzes

Intermezzo Quiz for Chapters 1-5

1 Who narrates the opening section of the novel?
Ivan

Christine

Margaret

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

Choosing to date an older woman

Aspiring to be a professional chess player

Not emotionally supporting him
3 What is the age difference between Peter and Ivan?
14 years

Two decades

Nine years

A decade
4 How does Peter define classical conditioning?
None

Exploitation of the innocent

The relationship between memory and feeling

Manipulation of certain appetites
5 Why had Peter been out of touch with Naomi?
Peter was secretly ensconced in a hotel with his other girlfriend

Peter took a break from life without telling anyone

Peter was leading up to ending their relationship

Peter's father recently died
6 How does Naomi earn extra cash?
Prostitution

Dog walking

By selling risqué photos of herself online

Working at her school library
7 Why does Margaret not recognize Ivan?
He uses a fake online profile photo

She was not meant to recognize him

She did not remember him from their previous meeting

He looks younger than his age
8 What does Margaret do for work?
She runs a bar

She works at a local community arts center

She is a human rights lawyer

She is captain of a local chess club
9 What makes Ivan nervous?
Contemplating the approach of the event

Beating a ten year-old girl

Drinking a beer with Ollie

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

Peter

Ivan

Darren
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?
Thirsty

Hungry

Passionate

Desire
13 Which of the following is true about Rooney's writing?
It purposely distorts standard grammatical structures

Characters can read each other's minds

It lacks quotation marks

It flits between the first-person perspectives of multiple characters
14 What happens after Ivan and Margaret's rendezvous?
They plan a romantic getaway

Ivan leaves his phone number with Margaret

They decide to leave it at a one-night stand

They profess their love for each other
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

Intellectually

Physically
17 What does Peter do with the letter that Naomi shows him?
Returns it to the sender

Reads and corrects it

Opens a court case

Forgets about it
18 Who is Alexei?
A chess opponent

Ivan's dog

A member of the chess club

Ivan's father's best friend
19 How does Ivan earn money?
Freelance data analysis

Chess tournaments

Margaret financially provides for him

Sponsorships
20 What does Ivan do when Margaret cries?
He tells her to stop crying

He turns away, unable to handle her emotions

He tells her to see a therapist

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

him (Peter)

their father

an old man
22 How does Sylvia want Peter to remember her?
as a friend

as the other

an an angel

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

Sexual

Intellectual

Transcendental
24 What confronts the fact of Sylvia's living body?
The brute force of Peter's appetite

Peter's righteousness

Sylvia's high cold austerity

Sylvia's love for Christ
25 What does Janine inform Peter about Naomi?
She knows the truth about Peter's relationship with Sylvia.

She moved into his apartment.

She never wants to see Peter again.

She was arrested.

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