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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 kind of coffee does Ivan order?

2. What is Margaret’s job title?

3. How old is Peter when the novel begins?

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

5. Which of the following nicknames had been applied to Ivan?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ivan avoid closely contemplating his competition performance before giving it?

2. How does Ivan explain not losing exhibition games?

3. To what does Ivan ascribe his social difficulties?

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

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

6. How does Peter define having ideals?

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

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

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

To what genre other than psychological fiction might Intermezzo be considered to belong? What in the text supports that identification? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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