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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Wertheimer when he left his house after his sister moved out?
(a) He fell into a pool.
(b) He hit his head on the concrete.
(c) He got drunk.
(d) He collapsed and a neighbor took him home.

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

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

4. What was Wertheimer's sole decision?
(a) His suicide.
(b) Moving to Traich.
(c) Leaving Traich.
(d) Living with his sister.

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

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

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

8. What does the narrator say about Glenn?
(a) He was untalented.
(b) His talent inspried him and Wertheimer.
(c) He was homosexual.
(d) He missed him.

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

10. What happened to Wertheimer's body after his suicide?
(a) It went unidentified for several days.
(b) It froze in the winter.
(c) It rotted.
(d) It was chewed at by dogs.

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

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

13. What was the title of the book Wertheimer desired to publish?
(a) "The Loser."
(b) "The Austrian."
(c) "The Nomad."
(d) "The Pianist."

14. Who else confirmed the narrator's opinion that Glenn was extraordinary?
(a) The television.
(b) The radio.
(c) The tabloids.
(d) The newspapers.

15. Where did Glenn go when the narrator and Wertheimer remark that Glenn is lost in his art?
(a) Salzburg.
(b) Florence.
(c) Paris.
(d) Canada.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long had the narrator been gone from his apartment before he left it to attend Wertheimer's funeral?

2. What did the narrator detest?

3. What did Glenn refuse from Wertheimer?

4. How did Glenn die?

5. Where did the narrator live that Wertheimer hated?

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