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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. How old is Ivan when the novel begins?

2. Which of the following lives with Ivan?

3. For which company had Ivan done work?

4. As which of the following had Ivan had freelance employment?

5. In what department does Sylvia teach?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Margaret accept Ivan’s initial invitation to join him in his lodgings?

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

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

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

6. How does Ivan explain not losing exhibition games?

7. Why had one of his clients refused to pay Ivan?

8. Why does Ivan think himself boring?

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

10. To what does Ivan ascribe his social difficulties?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Section divisions, their titles, and chapter numbering / division schema are all components of paratext. That is, they are not part of the text but are associated with it closely and affect its meaning. What significance, if any, accrues to the chapter-numbering scheme at work in Intermezzo? If there is significance, how does that significance manifest? If there is not, what in the novel supports the paratextual divisions that are in place?

Essay Topic 2

What character is the protagonist of Intermezzo? How does the novel support such an assertion?

Essay Topic 3

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

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