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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Glenn play at the Salzburg Festival?
(a) "Goldberg Variations."
(b) "Variations."
(c) "A Medley."
(d) "Golden Variety."

2. Where did the trio of friends live when they studied together?
(a) An inn.
(b) Austria.
(c) A dorm.
(d) Leopoldskron.

3. What is the narrator tormented by?
(a) His failure.
(b) Glenn's death.
(c) His mom's death.
(d) Wertheimer's death.

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

5. When did Wertheimer give up playing the piano?
(a) After hearing the narrator.
(b) After hearing Glenn speak.
(c) After seeing Glenn perform.
(d) After hearing Glenn play a few bars.

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

7. Where did the narrator move to?
(a) Florence.
(b) Paris.
(c) Madrid.
(d) Barcelona.

8. What was Wertheimer's apartment stuffed with?
(a) His sister's makeup.
(b) Furniture.
(c) Balloons.
(d) His sister's art.

9. 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."

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

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

12. What did the narrator give to the daughter of the schoolteacher?
(a) A piano tape.
(b) A grand piano.
(c) A music sheet.
(d) A Steinway piano.

13. How long did it take Glenn to change his opinion of Salzburg?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 3 hours.
(c) 3 days.
(d) A month.

14. How long did the narrator vow to stay away from Desselbrunn?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 1 year.

15. What did Glenn nickname Wertheimer?
(a) The philosopher.
(b) The loser.
(c) Priest Wertheimer.
(d) Judge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What led to the narrator's depression and Wertheimer's suicide?

2. Where did the narrator travel to on train as he observed the countryside?

3. What did Glenn nickname the narrator?

4. What was one characteristic of Glenn?

5. What did the narrator and Wertheimer relinquish after studying with Glenn?

(see the answer keys)

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