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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 color are Naomi’s fingernails when she meets Ivan?

2. Which of the following is removed from the house in Kildare?

3. From which of the following does Peter buy vodka?

4. How old was Sylvia when she was injured?

5. With which of the following does Part Two begin?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Peter think he had it harder with Christine and her stepchildren than Ivan did?

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

7. How does Ivan fantasize about greeting Margaret at a chess tournament?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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