Intermezzo Quizzes

Intermezzo Quiz for Chapters 1-5

1 Who narrates the opening section of the novel?
Christine

Peter

Ivan

Margaret
2 For what does Peter critique Ivan?
Aspiring to be a professional chess player

Choosing to date an older woman

His outfit at their father's funeral

Not emotionally supporting him
3 What is the age difference between Peter and Ivan?
14 years

Nine years

A decade

Two decades
4 How does Peter define classical conditioning?
None

Manipulation of certain appetites

Exploitation of the innocent

The relationship between memory and feeling
5 Why had Peter been out of touch with Naomi?
Peter was secretly ensconced in a hotel with his other girlfriend

Peter was leading up to ending their relationship

Peter's father recently died

Peter took a break from life without telling anyone
6 How does Naomi earn extra cash?
Working at her school library

Prostitution

By selling risqué photos of herself online

Dog walking
7 Why does Margaret not recognize Ivan?
He uses a fake online profile photo

She was not meant to recognize him

She did not remember him from their previous meeting

He looks younger than his age
8 What does Margaret do for work?
She works at a local community arts center

She is captain of a local chess club

She runs a bar

She is a human rights lawyer
9 What makes Ivan nervous?
Beating a ten year-old girl

Drinking a beer with Ollie

Playing chess

Contemplating the approach of the event
10 Who gave the eulogy at Ivan and Peter's father's funeral?
Ivan

Peter

Christine

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

Slovenia

Bulgaria

Ireland
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?
Characters can read each other's minds

It flits between the first-person perspectives of multiple characters

It lacks quotation marks

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

Ivan leaves his phone number with Margaret

They profess their love for each other

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

A rat

A loser

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

Intellectually

Sexually and financially

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

Reads and corrects it

Returns it to the sender

Forgets about it
18 Who is Alexei?
Ivan's dog

A chess opponent

Ivan's father's best friend

A member of the chess club
19 How does Ivan earn money?
Margaret financially provides for him

Freelance data analysis

Sponsorships

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

He turns away, unable to handle her emotions

He holds her

He tells her to stop crying
21 Sylvia tells Peter that Ivan looks like __.
an old man

their father

him (Peter)

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

as the other

as a friend

the way she was before the accident
23 What kind of boundary does Sylvia redraw?
Sexual

Intellectual

Transcendental

Emotional
24 What confronts the fact of Sylvia's living body?
Sylvia's high cold austerity

The brute force of Peter's appetite

Peter's righteousness

Sylvia's love for Christ
25 What does Janine inform Peter about Naomi?
She was arrested.

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

She moved into his apartment.

She never wants to see Peter again.

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