Intermezzo Quizzes

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Intermezzo Quiz for Chapters 1-5

1 Who narrates the opening section of the novel?

Margaret

Ivan

Peter

Christine
2 For what does Peter critique Ivan?

Choosing to date an older woman

His outfit at their father's funeral

Aspiring to be a professional chess player

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

A decade

Nine years

Two decades

14 years
4 How does Peter define classical conditioning?

The relationship between memory and feeling

None

Manipulation of certain appetites

Exploitation of the innocent
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

Dog walking

Working at her school library
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 a human rights lawyer

She works at a local community arts center

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?

Christine

Darren

Ivan

Peter
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?

Desire

Thirsty

Passionate

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

It flits between the first-person perspectives of multiple characters

It lacks quotation marks

It purposely distorts standard grammatical structures

Characters can read each other's minds
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?

Intellectually

Emotionally and psychologically

Sexually and financially

Physically
17 What does Peter do with the letter that Naomi shows him?

Returns it to the sender

Forgets about it

Reads and corrects it

Opens a court case
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?

Chess tournaments

Freelance data analysis

Margaret financially provides for him

Sponsorships
20 What does Ivan do when Margaret cries?

He holds her

He tells her to see a therapist

He turns away, unable to handle her emotions

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?

the way she was before the accident

as the other

an an angel

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

Sexual

Transcendental

Intellectual

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

Sylvia's high cold austerity

Peter's righteousness

The brute force of Peter's appetite

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

She was arrested.

She moved into his apartment.

She never wants to see Peter again.

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

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