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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where did Wertheimer refuse to go without the narrator?
(a) His sister's wedding.
(b) The inn.
(c) His sister's funeral.
(d) Glenn's funeral.

4. What did Glenn nickname the narrator?
(a) Judge.
(b) The philosopher.
(c) Candy Man.
(d) The loser.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. What did Glenn demand to have in his dorm room when he studied at the Mozarteum?
(a) A Steinway.
(b) Electric plumbing.
(c) A stove range.
(d) Air conditioning.

13. Who was unable to move the sculptures in the apartment in Leopoldskron?
(a) Glenn.
(b) Glenn, Wertheimer, and the narrator together.
(c) Wetheimer.
(d) The narrator.

14. Why did Glenn cut down the ash in front of his window?
(a) He was allergic.
(b) It gave him nightmares.
(c) It was scratching the window.
(d) It obstructed his playing.

15. Where did the narrator escape from during the years he did not see Wertheimer or Glenn?
(a) Madrid and Spain.
(b) Frankfurt and Germany.
(c) Florence and Italy.
(d) Vienna and Austria.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Wertheimer and his sister have no interest in?

2. Why did Glenn stay to study in Salzburg?

3. Where did the narrator live that Wertheimer hated?

4. Where did the narrator move to?

5. What did the narrator compare the Austrian inns to?

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