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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. Where does Christine live?

2. How many minutes late for dinner with Ivan is Peter?

3. Along which of the following streets does Peter walk with Sylvia?

4. What is Christine’s maiden name?

5. What kind of birds does Margaret and Ivan see as they walk together?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Ivan think himself boring?

3. What does Anna talk to Margaret about regarding mosquitos?

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

5. How does Peter define having ideals?

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

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

8. For what was Anna well known in her hometown?

9. Why does Peter make a point of smiling at children and the elderly?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Given the focus of the novel, which character would be what chess piece? What in the novel accounts for that selection? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

The novel betrays particular attitudes about what work is. What are those attitudes, and how do they manifest in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Assuming that Intermezzo should be standard reading for a given class and level, what class and what level? Why that class and why that level? What in the text suggests as much, and how does it do so?

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