Intermezzo Quizzes

Intermezzo Quiz for Chapters 1-5

1 Who narrates the opening section of the novel?

Christine

Margaret

Peter

Ivan
2 For what does Peter critique Ivan?

His outfit at their father's funeral

Not emotionally supporting him

Aspiring to be a professional chess player

Choosing to date an older woman
3 What is the age difference between Peter and Ivan?

A decade

14 years

Nine years

Two decades
4 How does Peter define classical conditioning?

The relationship between memory and feeling

Manipulation of certain appetites

Exploitation of the innocent

None
5 Why had Peter been out of touch with Naomi?

Peter was leading up to ending their relationship

Peter took a break from life without telling anyone

Peter's father recently died

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

By selling risqué photos of herself online

Prostitution

Dog walking

Working at her school library
7 Why does Margaret not recognize Ivan?

She did not remember him from their previous meeting

He looks younger than his age

He uses a fake online profile photo

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

She works at a local community arts center

She is a human rights lawyer

She is captain of a local chess club

She runs a bar
9 What makes Ivan nervous?

Playing chess

Contemplating the approach of the event

Beating a ten year-old girl

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

Peter

Christine

Ivan

Darren
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?

Desire

Passionate

Thirsty

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

It lacks quotation marks

Characters can read each other's minds

It purposely distorts standard grammatical structures

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

They profess their love for each other

Ivan leaves his phone number with Margaret

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

A rat

A loser

A nerd

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

Intellectually

Emotionally and psychologically

Physically

Sexually and financially
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?

Ivan's dog

A chess opponent

Ivan's father's best friend

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

Margaret financially provides for him

Freelance data analysis

Sponsorships

Chess tournaments
20 What does Ivan do when Margaret cries?

He turns away, unable to handle her emotions

He tells her to see a therapist

He tells her to stop crying

He holds her
21 Sylvia tells Peter that Ivan looks like __.

him (Peter)

a twelve year-old boy

an old man

their father
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?

Intellectual

Transcendental

Emotional

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

Peter's righteousness

Sylvia's high cold austerity

The brute force of Peter's appetite

Sylvia's love for Christ
25 What does Janine inform Peter about Naomi?

She moved into his apartment.

She never wants to see Peter again.

She knows the truth about Peter's relationship with Sylvia.

She was arrested.

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