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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. What is Margaret’s preferred pub?

2. Which of the following does Peter eat with Sylvia?

3. What is the name of Anna’s husband?

4. At which police station is Naomi held?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Ivan ease his pre-performance jitters?

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

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

5. Why had Ivan not thought to borrow money from Peter?

6. How does Ivan explain not losing exhibition games?

7. How does Peter understand the quality of the suit Ivan wears at their father’s funeral?

8. How does Peter define having ideals?

9. Why had Ivan thought about cancelling his chess exhibition in Leitrim?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the novel, some characters are given but one name, while others are given first- and surnames, and still others are accorded names and titles. What significance, if any, accrues to patterns of naming in the novel? If no significance accrues, what purpose might be served by the patterns of naming in the novel? How does Intermezzo bear as much out?

Essay Topic 2

Overall, what is the most important theme of Intermezzo. What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

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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