Intermezzo Quizzes

Intermezzo Quiz for Chapters 1-5

1 Who narrates the opening section of the novel?
Ivan

Peter

Christine

Margaret
2 For what does Peter critique Ivan?
Choosing to date an older woman

Aspiring to be a professional chess player

Not emotionally supporting him

His outfit at their father's funeral
3 What is the age difference between Peter and Ivan?
Two decades

14 years

Nine years

A decade
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 was secretly ensconced in a hotel with his other girlfriend

Peter's father recently died

Peter took a break from life without telling anyone

Peter was leading up to ending their relationship
6 How does Naomi earn extra cash?
Prostitution

Dog walking

Working at her school library

By selling risqué photos of herself online
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 captain of a local chess club

She works at a local community arts center

She runs a bar

She is a human rights lawyer
9 What makes Ivan nervous?
Contemplating the approach of the event

Playing chess

Beating a ten year-old girl

Drinking a beer with Ollie
10 Who gave the eulogy at Ivan and Peter's father's funeral?
Christine

Peter

Darren

Ivan
11 Where was the Koubek brothers' father from?
Slovenia

Slovakia

Bulgaria

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

Desire

Passionate

Thirsty
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 decide to leave it at a one-night stand

Ivan leaves his phone number with Margaret

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 loser

A rat

A nerd

A genius
16 How is Peter concerned that he is exploiting Naomi?
Emotionally and psychologically

Physically

Sexually and financially

Intellectually
17 What does Peter do with the letter that Naomi shows him?
Opens a court case

Reads and corrects it

Returns it to the sender

Forgets about it
18 Who is Alexei?
A member of the chess club

Ivan's dog

A chess opponent

Ivan's father's best friend
19 How does Ivan earn money?
Sponsorships

Margaret financially provides for him

Freelance data analysis

Chess tournaments
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 __.
their father

a twelve year-old boy

him (Peter)

an old man
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?
Transcendental

Emotional

Intellectual

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

Sylvia's love for Christ

Sylvia's high cold austerity

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

She never wants to see Peter again.

She was arrested.

She moved into his apartment.

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