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?
Aspiring to be a professional chess player

Not emotionally supporting him

Choosing to date an older woman

His outfit at their father's funeral
3 What is the age difference between Peter and Ivan?
Two decades

14 years

Nine years

A decade
4 How does Peter define classical conditioning?
The relationship between memory and feeling

Manipulation of certain appetites

Exploitation of the innocent

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's father recently died

Peter took a break from life without telling anyone
6 How does Naomi earn extra cash?
Prostitution

Working at her school library

By selling risqué photos of herself online

Dog walking
7 Why does Margaret not recognize Ivan?
She was not meant to recognize him

He looks younger than his age

She did not remember him from their previous meeting

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 runs a bar

She is captain of a local chess club
9 What makes Ivan nervous?
Contemplating the approach of the event

Playing chess

Drinking a beer with Ollie

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

Ivan

Darren

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

Slovenia

Slovakia

Ireland
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 purposely distorts standard grammatical structures

Characters can read each other's minds

It lacks quotation marks

It flits between the first-person perspectives of multiple characters
14 What happens after Ivan and Margaret's rendezvous?
Ivan leaves his phone number with Margaret

They profess their love for each other

They decide to leave it at a one-night stand

They plan a romantic getaway
15 What does Peter call Ivan in response to his chess performance?
A genius

A rat

A loser

A nerd
16 How is Peter concerned that he is exploiting Naomi?
Sexually and financially

Physically

Emotionally and psychologically

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

Forgets about it

Returns it to the sender

Opens a court case
18 Who is Alexei?
Ivan's father's best friend

A chess opponent

Ivan's dog

A member of the chess club
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 tells her to see a therapist

He tells her to stop crying

He holds her

He turns away, unable to handle her emotions
21 Sylvia tells Peter that Ivan looks like __.
an old man

a twelve year-old boy

him (Peter)

their father
22 How does Sylvia want Peter to remember her?
an an angel

as the other

the way she was before the accident

as a friend
23 What kind of boundary does Sylvia redraw?
Sexual

Intellectual

Emotional

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

Sylvia's high cold austerity

The brute force of Peter's appetite

Sylvia's love for Christ
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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