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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. With which of the following does Part Two begin?

2. What class does Anna’s husband have?

3. In which of the following developments does Christine live?

4. Along what street does Peter walk to reach Sylvia’s home?

5. With whom had Ivan been infatuated in his adolescence?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ivan posit Margaret might not want to be kissed on the beach?

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

3. What, ultimately, does Peter want from his professional life?

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

5. What is Ivan reminded of as he takes Alexei from Christine’s home?

6. Why does Peter not return to his apartment after his upset with Sylvia?

7. Why does Peter, generally, decline to reach out to his brother to discuss his own life?

8. Why does Margaret increasingly appreciate the town in which she lives?

9. What had been Margaret’s hope in leaving her husband?

10. Whom does Margaret posit Anna thinks her romantic entanglement is?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Consider Ivan’s recollection of his conversation with Sylvia about green hats and sisters (261-63). Does Ivan’s logic check out? Does his reasoning more fully? How or how not?

Essay Topic 3

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

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