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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: p. 40-53.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the status of the trio of friends' families?
(a) They are dumb.
(b) They are poor.
(c) They are wealthy.
(d) They are aristocrats.

2. What did the narrator refer to Wertheimer as in Section 3?
(a) "The basket case."
(b) "The offended one."
(c) "The loser."
(d) "The lost marbles."

3. Why did the narrator ignore Wertheimer's last card?
(a) He was too reading "About Glenn Gould."
(b) He was out of town.
(c) He was annoyed with him.
(d) He was busy writing "About Glenn Gould."

4. How old was Glenn when he died?
(a) 49 years old.
(b) 46 years old.
(c) 51 years old.
(d) 52 years old.

5. What led to the narrator's depression and Wertheimer's suicide?
(a) Glenn's death.
(b) The inability to surpass Glenn's talent.
(c) Their teacher's death.
(d) The inability to live openly as homosexuals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Glenn nickname Wertheimer?

2. Where did the narrator move to?

3. Where did the narrator stay when he visited Wertheimer?

4. From what did Glenn barricade himself?

5. Where did Glenn go when the narrator and Wertheimer remark that Glenn is lost in his art?

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