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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 was Ivan when Christine left?

2. Which of the following teams does Ivan watch play?

3. Which of the following is Christine’s stepchild?

4. What concern does Margaret voice about swimming?

5. Which actor do Peter and Sylvia watch while she convalesces?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Peter explain to Sylvia his attempt to break off matters with Naomi?

2. How does Anna’s mother contrast with Margaret’s?

3. What does Ivan cite in favor of his belief in a god?

4. How did Ivan react to his friend’s promotion to International Master?

5. Why is Peter sympathetic towards his imagined version of Margaret?

6. Why does Ivan hesitate to tell Margaret he loves her?

7. How does Christine greet Peter when he arrives at her home after his fight with Ivan?

8. Why does Naomi upbraid Peter when he returns home after a birthday celebration?

9. Why is Margaret satisfied with the performance of the Goldberg Variations at her workplace?

10. What does Ivan recall that Peter and Sylvia had done for him in Christmases past?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the ending of the novel. Does it satisfy? How or how not?

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

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

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