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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Glenn hate?
(a) The piano.
(b) Nature.
(c) His mom.
(d) Nothing.

2. Who did the trio of friends study under?
(a) Horowitz.
(b) Chacowitz.
(c) Handle.
(d) Mozart.

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

4. Who had a sexual relationship with the innkeeper?
(a) Wertheimer's sister.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Glenn.
(d) Wertheimer.

5. What was Glenn convinced about people in general?
(a) That they were generally annoying.
(b) That they were generally unhappy.
(c) That they were generally happy.
(d) That they were generally rude.

6. What did Wertheimer's sister send the narrator after Wertheimer died?
(a) A pie.
(b) A scarf.
(c) A picture.
(d) A telegram.

7. What does the narrator consider a misfortune?
(a) To never hear the piano.
(b) To be born into a wealthy family.
(c) To never hear Glenn play the piano.
(d) To never play music.

8. Where did the narrator decide to write about Glenn Gould?
(a) In Sintra.
(b) In his basement.
(c) In Paris.
(d) In Madrid.

9. Where did Wertheimer and his sister travel to that dissuaded them from future travels together?
(a) Florence.
(b) Passau.
(c) Madrid.
(d) Paris.

10. Where does the narrator go after the death of Glenn and Wertheimer?
(a) An island.
(b) His hometown.
(c) The lodge in Traich.
(d) Austria.

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

12. Who was the weakest of the three friends?
(a) Wertheimer's sister.
(b) Glenn.
(c) Wertheimer.
(d) The narrator.

13. What suffocated Wertheimer and the narrator?
(a) Austria.
(b) Glenn's talent.
(c) The Mozarteum.
(d) Italy.

14. What did the narrator plan to play when he visited his uncle?
(a) Nothing.
(b) His uncle's Steinway.
(c) His uncle's guitar.
(d) His uncle's grand piano.

15. What did Wertheimer lament about his sister?
(a) Her smile.
(b) Her marriage and conversion to Catholicism.
(c) Her homosexuality.
(d) Her lack of good hygiene

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the narrator ignore Wertheimer's last card?

2. What did Glenn demand to have in his dorm room when he studied at the Mozarteum?

3. Where did the narrator move to?

4. Where did the narrator say he stays when he goes to his hometown?

5. What was Wertheimer's apartment stuffed with?

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