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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator plan to return to write after Wertheimer's death?
(a) The inn.
(b) His apartment.
(c) The lodge.
(d) Traich.

2. What did the narrator advise Wertheimer of after he quit playing the piano?
(a) To start playing again.
(b) To perform with Glenn.
(c) To compete with Glenn.
(d) To never play again.

3. What did the narrator condemn before telling the innkeeper about Wertheimer's funeral?
(a) The church.
(b) Glenn.
(c) Wertheimer.
(d) The government and socialists.

4. Who led the narrator to his room after Wertheimer dies?
(a) Wertheimer's sister.
(b) The narrator's sister.
(c) Glenn.
(d) The vulgar innkeeper.

5. Where did the narrator consider going, but changed his mind because he thought it would kill him?
(a) The Mozarteum.
(b) Desselbrunn.
(c) Traich.
(d) Wertheimer's lodge.

6. How did the innkeeper's husband die?
(a) In a paper mill accident.
(b) In a fire.
(c) He was shot.
(d) In a car wreck.

7. How long did Wertheimer entertain his guests?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 1 week.
(d) One weekend.

8. What did Wertheimer refuse to buy for the innkeeper?
(a) Dinner.
(b) A microwave.
(c) A necklace.
(d) A refridgerator.

9. Why did Wertheimer refuse to perform?
(a) He did not want to be inferior to Glenn.
(b) He did not want to be inferior to the narrator.
(c) He did not want to be inferior to Horowitz.
(d) He had stage fright.

10. What did the narrator learn about the last few weeks of Wertheimer's life?
(a) He wrote music.
(b) He sang and played at the inn.
(c) He recorded his version of "Goldberg Variations."
(d) He entertained peculiar guests.

11. What did the narrator decide not to sell?
(a) His Steinway.
(b) His watch.
(c) His copy of "Goldberg Variations."
(d) His apartments in Vienna and Dusselbrunn.

12. What does the narrator compare Desselbrunn to?
(a) Paris.
(b) Traich.
(c) Madrid.
(d) Austria.

13. Why did Wertheimer commit suicide?
(a) To avoid Glenn.
(b) To avoid the narrator.
(c) To hurt his sister.
(d) To avoid losing his unhappiness.

14. What was Wertheimer's brother-in-law interested in?
(a) Seeing Glenn play.
(b) The money Wertheimer left behind.
(c) Moving into Wertheimer's lodge.
(d) Seeing Wertheimer play.

15. Whose misery does the narrator see at the inn?
(a) His own.
(b) The beer deliverer's.
(c) The innkeeper's.
(d) Wertheimer's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the innkeeper take over the inn from?

2. What did Wertheimer promise to leave to the innkeeper if he died first?

3. What does Franz worry about?

4. What does the narrator believe about the former innkeeper?

5. What did Wertheimer NOT dictate for his sister?

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