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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had slept over at Peter and Sylvia’s home before?

2. What maneuver does Ivan reflect on being “refuted”?

3. Which of Margaret’s friends is in Lisbon?

4. For which company had Ivan done work?

5. Which of the following is Margaret’s executive director?

Short Essay Questions

1. With what does Naomi assume Peter has been occupied at the beginning of the novel?

2. Why does Margaret fret about picking Ivan up from the bus stop?

3. How does Ivan explain not losing exhibition games?

4. How does Peter define having ideals?

5. Why is Sylvia reluctant to discuss her physical condition?

6. What part of the Gospels does Sylvia note confuses her?

7. Why had Ivan’s father called Alexei his home help?

8. Why does Margaret ask Ivan not to discuss their first night together?

9. What is Ivan’s demonstration in Leitrim?

10. Why does Peter initially decline to contest eviction orders against Naomi?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which character is the second most important in the text? How does the work support such an assertion?

Essay Topic 2

Sources attest to the presence of Intermezzo on best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Conversely, given demonstrated efforts toward censorship in a number of countries, what would likely prompt bans of Intermezzo? By which groups? Why?

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