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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What tormented Wertheimer?
(a) His failure.
(b) Glenn's death.
(c) His job.
(d) The narrator's death.

2. Where did the narrator travel to on train as he observed the countryside?
(a) Madrid.
(b) Paris.
(c) Chur.
(d) Traich.

3. What did the narrator compare the Austrian inns to?
(a) American hotels.
(b) Swiss inns.
(c) Brothels.
(d) Italian inns.

4. How long did Glenn play in public?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 2 years.

5. How many letters did the narrator ignore from Wertheimer before Wertheimer's death?
(a) 6 letters.
(b) 5 letters.
(c) 4 letters.
(d) 2 letters.

6. Where did Wertheimer hang himself?
(a) 100 steps from the narrator's front door.
(b) 100 steps from the Mozarteum.
(c) 100 steps from his sister's back door.
(d) 100 steps from his sister's front door.

7. Who did Glenn ruin most?
(a) Wertheimer.
(b) Horowtiz.
(c) Himself.
(d) The narrator.

8. Where did the narrator stay when he visited Wertheimer?
(a) The Wankham Inn.
(b) The lodge in Traich.
(c) A bed and breakfast.
(d) Wertheimer's house.

9. Who opposed the idea of the narrator and Wertheimer going to America to visit Glenn?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Glenn.
(c) Wertheimer.
(d) Wertheimer's sister.

10. Who did Glenn use to become 'Glenn Gould'?
(a) His fans.
(b) Wertheimer and the narrator.
(c) His parents.
(d) The Mozarteum.

11. What did the narrator detest?
(a) Fame.
(b) Homosexuals.
(c) The public.
(d) Pianists.

12. What did Glenn refuse from Wertheimer?
(a) His piano.
(b) His watch.
(c) His invitation to visit him in Traich.
(d) His invitation to dinner.

13. What does the narrator say about a suicide calculated in advance?
(a) It's amusing.
(b) It is pathetic.
(c) It makes him depressed.
(d) It is not an act of desperation.

14. What did Wertheimer copy from the narrator?
(a) His clothing.
(b) What he ate.
(c) Everything he did.
(d) His bedroom furniture.

15. What did the narrator and Wertheimer relinquish after studying with Glenn?
(a) Glenn's control.
(b) Attempts to be piano virtuosos.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) To be open homosexuals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the trio of friends live when they studied together?

2. What did Glenn's fans know about him?

3. What was one characteristic of Glenn?

4. What was Wertheimer arrogant about?

5. Who did the trio of friends study under?

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