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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator's list of statements, what is said about "all that is spoken"?
(a) It is complicated.
(b) It is nonsense.
(c) It is simple and pure.
(d) It has meaning.

2. What did Wertheimer dislike?
(a) Glenn.
(b) Beer.
(c) Having guests.
(d) The woods.

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

4. What was one characteristic of Glenn?
(a) He laughed a lot.
(b) He smiled a lot.
(c) He hated the piano.
(d) He hated his mom.

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

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

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

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

9. Who of the following did NOT attend Wertheimer's funeral?
(a) Glenn.
(b) Wertheimer's sister.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Wertheimer's brother in law.

10. When did Wertheimer's funeral occur?
(a) 6 a.m.
(b) 5 p.m.
(c) 6 p.m.
(d) 5 a.m.

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

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

13. Where did the narrator say he stays when he goes to his hometown?
(a) His parents house.
(b) With Wertheimer.
(c) With his grandparents.
(d) The Wankham Inn.

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

15. What did people assume about Glenn?
(a) He was mean.
(b) He was talentless.
(c) He was weak.
(d) He was strong.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator refer to Wertheimer as in Section 3?

2. How long did Wertheimer go without playing the piano?

3. What did Wertheimer predict about Glenn's death?

4. Where did the narrator escape from during the years he did not see Wertheimer or Glenn?

5. What did Wertheimer's sister send the narrator after Wertheimer died?

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