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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. What class does Peter teach in the afternoon?
3. On which of the following does Peter have a case?
4. Where does Ollie claim to have seen Ivan?
5. What concern does Margaret voice about swimming?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Christine greet Peter when he arrives at her home after his fight with Ivan?
2. Why does Ivan hesitate to tell Margaret he loves her?
3. How does Naomi support herself?
4. Why is Margaret satisfied with the performance of the Goldberg Variations at her workplace?
5. Why does Margaret increasingly appreciate the town in which she lives?
6. What holiday plans does Christine try to get Peter and Ivan to attend?
7. How does Ivan work to restore his late father’s house for his own use?
8. How does Peter imagine Sylvia views Naomi after he has secured her release from jail?
9. What does Ivan recall that Peter and Sylvia had done for him in Christmases past?
10. Why is Ivan insulted by Margaret’s opinion that she is taking advantage of him?
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
Given the focus of the novel, which character would be what chess piece? What in the novel accounts for that selection? How does it do so?
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