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Irish author Sally Rooney, pictured at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Alamy Stock Photo
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Quiz: How much do you know about Sally Rooney?

The Irish author’s latest novel, Intermezzo, is released on Tuesday.
10.00pm, 22 Sep 2024
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IRISH AUTHOR SALLY Rooney’s latest and heavily anticipated new novel Intermezzo is due for release on Tuesday. 

Known for her best-selling novel Normal People, the author’s latest enterprise marks her fourth novel. Rooney’s Intermezzo deals with two brothers living in Dublin, one a chess player and the other working as a lawyer, and their romantic entanglements as they deal with the grief of losing their father. 

Ahead of its release, we’re here to quiz you: How much do you know about Sally Rooney?

Sally Rooney, like her characters Marianne and Connell in Normal People, attended which Irish university?
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University College Dublin
Trinity College Dublin

Dublin City University
Technological University Dublin
Rooney's novels are all based in Dublin - but which county is she from originally?
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Mayo
Sligo

Tipperary
Wicklow
Rooney's debut novel Conversations With Friends shows two young women, Frances and Bobbi, become involved with an older couple. What are the names of the couple?
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Alice and Felix
Maria and John

Sheila and Micheál
Melissa and Nick
At age 22, Rooney earned the title of Europe's Top Competitive...?
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Gymnast
Ballerina

Debater
Chess player
Chapters in her novel Beautiful World, Where Are You, are broken up by which?
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Original poems
Emails

Diary entries
Illustrations
Which political philosophy has Rooney outspokenly identified herself as aligning with?
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Capitalism
Communism

Marxism
Socialism
Which Irish actor portrays her character Connell in the BBC adaptation of Normal People?
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Éanna Hardwicke
Barry Keoghan

Robert Sheehan
Paul Mescal
Which medical condition does Frances suffer with in Conversations with Friends?
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Endometriosis
Crohn's Disease

Epilepsy
Haemophilia
True or False: Connell asks Marianne to the debs.
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True
False
Where does Rooney now reside?
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Mayo
London

New York
Dublin
Answer all the questions to see your result!
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You scored out of !
Normal People
Congratulations - you're Sally Rooney's best-selling novel!
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Conversations With Friends
Rooney's award winning debut, but not her best received work.
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Beautiful World, Where Are You
Like the protagonists in this novel, you're slightly lost.
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Intermezzo
You, like Intermezzo, have yet to be released into the Sally Rooney universe.
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