Intermezzo Quizzes

Intermezzo Quiz for Chapters 1-5

1 Who narrates the opening section of the novel?
Christine

Ivan

Margaret

Peter
2 For what does Peter critique Ivan?
Choosing to date an older woman

His outfit at their father's funeral

Not emotionally supporting him

Aspiring to be a professional chess player
3 What is the age difference between Peter and Ivan?
Nine years

14 years

A decade

Two decades
4 How does Peter define classical conditioning?
Exploitation of the innocent

Manipulation of certain appetites

The relationship between memory and feeling

None
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?
Dog walking

By selling risqué photos of herself online

Prostitution

Working at her school library
7 Why does Margaret not recognize Ivan?
He looks younger than his age

She was not meant to recognize him

She did not remember him from their previous meeting

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

Drinking a beer with Ollie

Beating a ten year-old girl

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

Slovakia

Slovenia

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

Thirsty

Desire

Passionate
13 Which of the following is true about Rooney's writing?
It purposely distorts standard grammatical structures

It lacks quotation marks

Characters can read each other's minds

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 loser

A nerd

A rat

A genius
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?
Forgets about it

Returns it to the sender

Reads and corrects it

Opens a court case
18 Who is Alexei?
A chess opponent

A member of the chess club

Ivan's dog

Ivan's father's best friend
19 How does Ivan earn money?
Sponsorships

Freelance data analysis

Margaret financially provides for him

Chess tournaments
20 What does Ivan do when Margaret cries?
He tells her to see a therapist

He holds her

He turns away, unable to handle her emotions

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

him (Peter)

an old man

a twelve year-old boy
22 How does Sylvia want Peter to remember her?
an an angel

the way she was before the accident

as a friend

as the other
23 What kind of boundary does Sylvia redraw?
Transcendental

Emotional

Intellectual

Sexual
24 What confronts the fact of Sylvia's living body?
The brute force of Peter's appetite

Sylvia's love for Christ

Sylvia's high cold austerity

Peter's righteousness
25 What does Janine inform Peter about Naomi?
She moved into his apartment.

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

She was arrested.

She never wants to see Peter again.

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