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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 color beach towel does Margaret use?

3. What chess maneuver does Peter use?

4. What recording of the 40th Symphony does Peter listen to with Sylvia?

5. Which of the following does Margaret chase away from her bird-feeder?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Peter imagine Sylvia views Naomi after he has secured her release from jail?

5. What does Margaret perceive as the benefit of her lifestyle?

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

7. What holiday plans does Christine try to get Peter and Ivan to attend?

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

9. What does Peter report as the most difficult Christian teaching for him?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explicate the significance of the title of the novel to the text of the novel.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the significance of the name of any one character in the text.

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