Intermezzo Quizzes

Intermezzo Quiz for Chapters 1-5

1 Who narrates the opening section of the novel?

Margaret

Peter

Christine

Ivan
2 For what does Peter critique Ivan?

Aspiring to be a professional chess player

Not emotionally supporting him

Choosing to date an older woman

His outfit at their father's funeral
3 What is the age difference between Peter and Ivan?

14 years

Nine years

A decade

Two decades
4 How does Peter define classical conditioning?

None

Manipulation of certain appetites

Exploitation of the innocent

The relationship between memory and feeling
5 Why had Peter been out of touch with Naomi?

Peter was leading up to ending their relationship

Peter's father recently died

Peter took a break from life without telling anyone

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

Prostitution

Working at her school library

By selling risqué photos of herself online

Dog walking
7 Why does Margaret not recognize Ivan?

He uses a fake online profile photo

She did not remember him from their previous meeting

She was not meant to recognize him

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

She works at a local community arts center

She is a human rights lawyer

She runs a bar

She is captain of a local chess club
9 What makes Ivan nervous?

Beating a ten year-old girl

Drinking a beer with Ollie

Playing chess

Contemplating the approach of the event
10 Who gave the eulogy at Ivan and Peter's father's funeral?

Christine

Ivan

Darren

Peter
11 Where was the Koubek brothers' father from?

Ireland

Slovenia

Bulgaria

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

Passionate

Thirsty

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?

They decide to leave it at a one-night stand

They plan a romantic getaway

Ivan leaves his phone number with Margaret

They profess their love for each other
15 What does Peter call Ivan in response to his chess performance?

A rat

A loser

A genius

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

Sexually and financially

Physically

Emotionally and psychologically

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

Forgets about it

Reads and corrects it

Returns it to the sender

Opens a court case
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?

Chess tournaments

Freelance data analysis

Margaret financially provides for him

Sponsorships
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 __.

an old man

him (Peter)

a twelve year-old boy

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

Emotional

Sexual

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

She was arrested.

She moved into his apartment.

She never wants to see Peter again.

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