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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why did Glenn stay to study in Salzburg?
(a) To study with Horowitz.
(b) Because it was historical.
(c) Because it was beautiful.
(d) To play a Steinway.

4. How did Glenn die?
(a) A car wreck.
(b) Cancer.
(c) A tumor.
(d) Natural causes.

5. How long did Wertheimer go without playing the piano?
(a) 15 days.
(b) 15 hours.
(c) 15 months.
(d) 15 years.

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

7. Where did the trio of friends study?
(a) Bach's home.
(b) The Mozarteum.
(c) Paris.
(d) Vienna.

8. What did the narrator plan to play when he visited his uncle?
(a) His uncle's Steinway.
(b) His uncle's grand piano.
(c) Nothing.
(d) His uncle's guitar.

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

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

11. Where did the narrator stay when he visited Wertheimer?
(a) A bed and breakfast.
(b) The lodge in Traich.
(c) Wertheimer's house.
(d) The Wankham Inn.

12. What was Glenn convinced about people in general?
(a) That they were generally happy.
(b) That they were generally rude.
(c) That they were generally annoying.
(d) That they were generally unhappy.

13. Where did Wertheimer and his sister travel to that dissuaded them from future travels together?
(a) Passau.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Paris.
(d) Florence.

14. How long had the narrator been gone from his apartment before he left it to attend Wertheimer's funeral?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 4 months.
(d) 4 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of ego did Glenn have?

3. What purpose did the sculptures serve in the house in Leopoldskron?

4. How many letters did the narrator ignore from Wertheimer before Wertheimer's death?

5. Where does the narrator go after the death of Glenn and Wertheimer?

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