Intermezzo Quizzes

Intermezzo Quiz for Chapters 1-5

1 Who narrates the opening section of the novel?
Christine

Peter

Margaret

Ivan
2 For what does Peter critique Ivan?
His outfit at their father's funeral

Aspiring to be a professional chess player

Choosing to date an older woman

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

Two decades

A decade

14 years
4 How does Peter define classical conditioning?
The relationship between memory and feeling

Exploitation of the innocent

None

Manipulation of certain appetites
5 Why had Peter been out of touch with Naomi?
Peter was leading up to ending their relationship

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
6 How does Naomi earn extra cash?
Prostitution

Dog walking

Working at her school library

By selling risqué photos of herself online
7 Why does Margaret not recognize Ivan?
He uses a fake online profile photo

He looks younger than his age

She was not meant to recognize him

She did not remember him from their previous meeting
8 What does Margaret do for work?
She runs a bar

She works at a local community arts center

She is captain of a local chess club

She is a human rights lawyer
9 What makes Ivan nervous?
Contemplating the approach of the event

Playing chess

Beating a ten year-old girl

Drinking a beer with Ollie
10 Who gave the eulogy at Ivan and Peter's father's funeral?
Ivan

Peter

Darren

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

Slovakia

Slovenia

Ireland
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 flits between the first-person perspectives of multiple characters

It purposely distorts standard grammatical structures

It lacks quotation marks

Characters can read each other's minds
14 What happens after Ivan and Margaret's rendezvous?
Ivan leaves his phone number with Margaret

They profess their love for each other

They plan a romantic getaway

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

A loser

A nerd

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

Intellectually

Sexually and financially

Physically
17 What does Peter do with the letter that Naomi shows him?
Reads and corrects it

Opens a court case

Returns it to the sender

Forgets about it
18 Who is Alexei?
Ivan's father's best friend

Ivan's dog

A chess opponent

A member of the chess club
19 How does Ivan earn money?
Margaret financially provides for him

Chess tournaments

Freelance data analysis

Sponsorships
20 What does Ivan do when Margaret cries?
He holds her

He turns away, unable to handle her emotions

He tells her to see a therapist

He tells her to stop crying
21 Sylvia tells Peter that Ivan looks like __.
a twelve year-old boy

an old man

him (Peter)

their father
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

Emotional

Intellectual
24 What confronts the fact of Sylvia's living body?
Peter's righteousness

The brute force of Peter's appetite

Sylvia's love for Christ

Sylvia's high cold austerity
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 was arrested.

She moved into his apartment.

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