Intermezzo Quizzes

Intermezzo Quiz for Chapters 1-5

1 Who narrates the opening section of the novel?
Peter

Christine

Margaret

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

His outfit at their father's funeral

Aspiring to be a professional chess player

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

Nine years

A decade

14 years
4 How does Peter define classical conditioning?
Manipulation of certain appetites

Exploitation of the innocent

The relationship between memory and feeling

None
5 Why had Peter been out of touch with Naomi?
Peter took a break from life without telling anyone

Peter was secretly ensconced in a hotel with his other girlfriend

Peter's father recently died

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

By selling risqué photos of herself online

Working at her school library

Dog walking
7 Why does Margaret not recognize Ivan?
He looks younger than his age

She did not remember him from their previous meeting

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

Drinking a beer with Ollie

Beating a ten year-old girl
10 Who gave the eulogy at Ivan and Peter's father's funeral?
Peter

Darren

Christine

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

Bulgaria

Slovakia

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

Passionate

Hungry

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

They profess their love for each other

Ivan leaves his phone number with Margaret

They decide to leave it at a one-night stand
15 What does Peter call Ivan in response to his chess performance?
A nerd

A genius

A loser

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

Physically

Emotionally and psychologically

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

Opens a court case

Forgets about it

Reads and corrects it
18 Who is Alexei?
Ivan's father's best friend

A chess opponent

Ivan's dog

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

Margaret financially provides for him

Sponsorships

Freelance data analysis
20 What does Ivan do when Margaret cries?
He turns away, unable to handle her emotions

He tells her to stop crying

He holds her

He tells her to see a therapist
21 Sylvia tells Peter that Ivan looks like __.
an old man

their father

a twelve year-old boy

him (Peter)
22 How does Sylvia want Peter to remember her?
as the other

an an angel

the way she was before the accident

as a friend
23 What kind of boundary does Sylvia redraw?
Transcendental

Emotional

Sexual

Intellectual
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 was arrested.

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

She moved into his apartment.

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