Intermezzo Quizzes

Intermezzo Quiz for Chapters 1-5

1 Who narrates the opening section of the novel?
Peter

Ivan

Christine

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

Aspiring to be a professional chess player

His outfit at their father's funeral

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

14 years

A decade

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

Exploitation of the innocent

Manipulation of certain appetites

None
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 took a break from life without telling anyone

Peter's father recently died
6 How does Naomi earn extra cash?
By selling risqué photos of herself online

Dog walking

Working at her school library

Prostitution
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 runs a bar

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

Contemplating the approach of the event

Drinking a beer with Ollie

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

Christine

Peter

Darren
11 Where was the Koubek brothers' father from?
Ireland

Slovenia

Slovakia

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

Passionate

Thirsty

Desire
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 lacks quotation marks

It purposely distorts standard grammatical structures
14 What happens after Ivan and Margaret's rendezvous?
They plan a romantic getaway

They decide to leave it at a one-night stand

They profess their love for each other

Ivan leaves his phone number with Margaret
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

Intellectually

Physically

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?
A chess opponent

A member of the chess club

Ivan's dog

Ivan's father's best friend
19 How does Ivan earn money?
Margaret financially provides for him

Chess tournaments

Sponsorships

Freelance data analysis
20 What does Ivan do when Margaret cries?
He turns away, unable to handle her emotions

He holds her

He tells her to stop crying

He tells her to see a therapist
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?
as the other

the way she was before the accident

as a friend

an an angel
23 What kind of boundary does Sylvia redraw?
Intellectual

Sexual

Transcendental

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

Sylvia's love for Christ

Peter's righteousness

Sylvia's high cold austerity
25 What does Janine inform Peter about Naomi?
She knows the truth about Peter's relationship with Sylvia.

She moved into his apartment.

She was arrested.

She never wants to see Peter again.

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