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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 collapsed and a neighbor took him home.
(d) He got drunk.

2. What did the narrator compare the Austrian inns to?
(a) Brothels.
(b) American hotels.
(c) Swiss inns.
(d) Italian inns.

3. What term did the narrator use to describe Glenn that Glenn often used after?
(a) Radical pianist.
(b) Piano radicalism.
(c) Piano radicalist.
(d) Pianist radio.

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

5. Where did the narrator live that Wertheimer hated?
(a) New York City.
(b) Paris.
(c) Florence.
(d) Madrid.

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

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

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

9. Why did the narrator study music?
(a) To get paid.
(b) To annoy his parents.
(c) To be smarter.
(d) To become famous.

10. What did Wertheimer predict about Glenn's death?
(a) He would die old and grey.
(b) He would die soon.
(c) He would die of a stroke.
(d) He would committ suicide.

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

12. What did Wertheimer and his sister have no interest in?
(a) Moving to a new house.
(b) Each other.
(c) Their inheritance.
(d) Buying a car.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Wertheimer's attempts to reach out to people, what do complicated people not understand?

2. What did the narrator plan to play when he visited his uncle?

3. Why did Wertheimer think his sister's husband married her?

4. What did Glenn nickname the narrator?

5. When did Wertheimer's funeral occur?

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