Intermezzo Quizzes

Intermezzo Quiz for Chapters 1-5

1 Who narrates the opening section of the novel?
Peter

Margaret

Ivan

Christine
2 For what does Peter critique Ivan?
Not emotionally supporting him

Aspiring to be a professional chess player

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

Two decades

A decade

Nine years
4 How does Peter define classical conditioning?
Exploitation of the innocent

The relationship between memory and feeling

None

Manipulation of certain appetites
5 Why had Peter been out of touch with Naomi?
Peter took a break from life without telling anyone

Peter was secretly ensconced in a hotel with his other girlfriend

Peter's father recently died

Peter was leading up to ending their relationship
6 How does Naomi earn extra cash?
Dog walking

Prostitution

By selling risqué photos of herself online

Working at her school library
7 Why does Margaret not recognize Ivan?
She did not remember him from their previous meeting

She was not meant to recognize him

He looks younger than his age

He uses a fake online profile photo
8 What does Margaret do for work?
She is a human rights lawyer

She runs a bar

She is captain of a local chess club

She works at a local community arts center
9 What makes Ivan nervous?
Playing chess

Drinking a beer with Ollie

Contemplating the approach of the event

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

Darren

Peter

Ivan
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?
Desire

Thirsty

Passionate

Hungry
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?
They profess their love for each other

Ivan leaves his phone number with Margaret

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 rat

A genius

A loser

A nerd
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

Reads and corrects it

Opens a court case

Forgets about it
18 Who is Alexei?
A chess opponent

Ivan's father's best friend

A member of the chess club

Ivan's dog
19 How does Ivan earn money?
Freelance data analysis

Sponsorships

Margaret financially provides for him

Chess tournaments
20 What does Ivan do when Margaret cries?
He tells her to stop crying

He holds her

He tells her to see a therapist

He turns away, unable to handle her emotions
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 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?
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 moved into his apartment.

She never wants to see Peter again.

She was arrested.

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

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