Intermezzo Quizzes

Intermezzo Quiz for Chapters 1-5

1 Who narrates the opening section of the novel?

Margaret

Ivan

Christine

Peter
2 For what does Peter critique Ivan?

Not emotionally supporting him

Aspiring to be a professional chess player

His outfit at their father's funeral

Choosing to date an older woman
3 What is the age difference between Peter and Ivan?

Two decades

A decade

14 years

Nine 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's father recently died

Peter took a break from life without telling anyone

Peter was leading up to ending their relationship

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

By selling risqué photos of herself online

Dog walking

Prostitution

Working at her school library
7 Why does Margaret not recognize Ivan?

She was not meant to recognize him

She did not remember him from their previous meeting

He looks younger than his age

He uses a fake online profile photo
8 What does Margaret do for work?

She works at a local community arts center

She is a human rights lawyer

She is captain of a local chess club

She runs a bar
9 What makes Ivan nervous?

Drinking a beer with Ollie

Contemplating the approach of the event

Playing chess

Beating a ten year-old girl
10 Who gave the eulogy at Ivan and Peter's father's funeral?

Peter

Christine

Darren

Ivan
11 Where was the Koubek brothers' father from?

Slovenia

Bulgaria

Ireland

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

Desire

Passionate

Thirsty

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

It flits between the first-person perspectives of multiple characters

Characters can read each other's minds

It purposely distorts standard grammatical structures

It lacks quotation marks
14 What happens after Ivan and Margaret's rendezvous?

They plan a romantic getaway

They profess their love for each other

Ivan leaves his phone number with Margaret

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

A loser

A rat

A nerd

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

Physically

Sexually and financially

Intellectually

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

Returns it to the sender

Forgets about it

Opens a court case

Reads and corrects it
18 Who is Alexei?

Ivan's father's best friend

A member of the chess club

Ivan's dog

A chess opponent
19 How does Ivan earn money?

Freelance data analysis

Chess tournaments

Sponsorships

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

He tells her to stop crying

He tells her to see a therapist

He turns away, unable to handle her emotions

He holds her
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?

as a friend

the way she was before the accident

an an angel

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

Intellectual

Sexual

Emotional

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

Sylvia's love for Christ

Sylvia's high cold austerity

The brute force of Peter's appetite

Peter's righteousness
25 What does Janine inform Peter about Naomi?

She was arrested.

She never wants to see Peter again.

She moved into his apartment.

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

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