Intermezzo Quizzes

Intermezzo Quiz for Chapters 1-5

1 Who narrates the opening section of the novel?

Peter

Christine

Ivan

Margaret
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

A decade

Two decades

14 years
4 How does Peter define classical conditioning?

Manipulation of certain appetites

None

Exploitation of the innocent

The relationship between memory and feeling
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?

By selling risqué photos of herself online

Dog walking

Working at her school library

Prostitution
7 Why does Margaret not recognize Ivan?

She did not remember him from their previous meeting

He uses a fake online profile photo

He looks younger than his age

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

She is captain of a local chess club

She is a human rights lawyer

She works at a local community arts center

She runs a bar
9 What makes Ivan nervous?

Playing chess

Beating a ten year-old girl

Contemplating the approach of the event

Drinking a beer with Ollie
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?

Slovenia

Bulgaria

Ireland

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

Passionate

Thirsty

Desire

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

It purposely distorts standard grammatical structures

It flits between the first-person perspectives of multiple characters

Characters can read each other's minds

It lacks quotation marks
14 What happens after Ivan and Margaret's rendezvous?

Ivan leaves his phone number with Margaret

They plan a romantic getaway

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 loser

A nerd

A rat
16 How is Peter concerned that he is exploiting Naomi?

Intellectually

Sexually and financially

Emotionally and psychologically

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 dog

A member of the chess club

Ivan's father's best friend
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 turns away, unable to handle her emotions

He holds her

He tells her to see a therapist

He tells her to stop crying
21 Sylvia tells Peter that Ivan looks like __.

an old man

him (Peter)

their father

a twelve year-old boy
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?

Intellectual

Transcendental

Emotional

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

Sylvia's love for Christ

Peter's righteousness

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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