Intermezzo Quizzes

Intermezzo Quiz for Chapters 1-5

1 Who narrates the opening section of the novel?
Peter

Ivan

Margaret

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

Choosing to date an older woman

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

14 years

Two decades
4 How does Peter define classical conditioning?
The relationship between memory and feeling

None

Exploitation of the innocent

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 was leading up to ending their relationship

Peter's father recently died

Peter took a break from life without telling anyone
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 looks younger than his age

He uses a fake online profile photo

She was not meant to recognize him

She did not remember him from their previous meeting
8 What does Margaret do for work?
She works at a local community arts center

She is captain of a local chess club

She runs a bar

She is a human rights lawyer
9 What makes Ivan nervous?
Drinking a beer with Ollie

Contemplating the approach of the event

Beating a ten year-old girl

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

Ivan

Darren

Christine
11 Where was the Koubek brothers' father from?
Bulgaria

Ireland

Slovakia

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

Passionate

Desire

Hungry
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?
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 rat

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

Intellectually

Physically

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

Forgets about it

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?
Sponsorships

Margaret financially provides for him

Chess tournaments

Freelance data analysis
20 What does Ivan do when Margaret cries?
He tells her to see a therapist

He turns away, unable to handle her emotions

He holds her

He tells her to stop crying
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?
as the other

as a friend

an an angel

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

Intellectual

Sexual

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

The brute force of Peter's appetite

Sylvia's high cold austerity

Peter's righteousness
25 What does Janine inform Peter about Naomi?
She moved into his apartment.

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

She was arrested.

She never wants to see Peter again.

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