Intermezzo Quizzes

Intermezzo Quiz for Chapters 1-5

1 Who narrates the opening section of the novel?

Ivan

Christine

Margaret

Peter
2 For what does Peter critique Ivan?

Aspiring to be a professional chess player

Choosing to date an older woman

His outfit at their father's funeral

Not emotionally supporting him
3 What is the age difference between Peter and Ivan?

A decade

Two decades

14 years

Nine years
4 How does Peter define classical conditioning?

None

Exploitation of the innocent

The relationship between memory and feeling

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'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?

By selling risqué photos of herself online

Working at her school library

Dog walking

Prostitution
7 Why does Margaret not recognize Ivan?

She was not meant to recognize him

She did not remember him from their previous meeting

He uses a fake online profile photo

He looks younger than his age
8 What does Margaret do for work?

She is a human rights lawyer

She is captain of a local chess club

She runs a bar

She works at a local community arts center
9 What makes Ivan nervous?

Drinking a beer with Ollie

Beating a ten year-old girl

Contemplating the approach of the event

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

Ivan

Darren

Christine

Peter
11 Where was the Koubek brothers' father from?

Slovenia

Ireland

Bulgaria

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

Desire

Hungry

Passionate

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

Characters can read each other's minds

It lacks quotation marks

It flits between the first-person perspectives of multiple characters

It purposely distorts standard grammatical structures
14 What happens after Ivan and Margaret's rendezvous?

They profess their love for each other

They decide to leave it at a one-night stand

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 genius

A nerd

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

Sexually and financially

Physically

Intellectually

Emotionally and psychologically
17 What does Peter do with the letter that Naomi shows him?

Forgets about it

Opens a court case

Reads and corrects it

Returns it to the sender
18 Who is Alexei?

Ivan's father's best friend

A member of the chess club

A chess opponent

Ivan's dog
19 How does Ivan earn money?

Sponsorships

Chess tournaments

Freelance data analysis

Margaret financially provides for him
20 What does Ivan do when Margaret cries?

He turns away, unable to handle her emotions

He tells her to see a therapist

He holds her

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

their father

an old man

him (Peter)

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

The brute force of Peter's appetite

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 moved into his apartment.

She was arrested.

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