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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What brought Wertheimer to Salzburg?
(a) Austria's reputation.
(b) To paint.
(c) Horowitz's reputation.
(d) Glenn's reputation.

2. What does the narrator intend to write about when he returns?
(a) About Wertheimer.
(b) About himself.
(c) About being a pianist.
(d) About Glenn Gould.

3. Where did Wertheimer's sister sneak to in secret?
(a) Her husband's house.
(b) School.
(c) To the bar.
(d) Evening mass.

4. What did the innkeeper say about Wertheimer's suicide?
(a) She hates how he died.
(b) He was smart for committing it.
(c) She wishes she did it.
(d) He was a fool for committing it.

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

6. Where did Wertheimer and the narrator first talk?
(a) Their apartment.
(b) The steps of the church.
(c) The hallway of the Mozarteum.
(d) By the river.

7. Who was not ruined by Glenn?
(a) Wertheimer.
(b) His parents.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Lesser pianists.

8. How long did Wertheimer's funeral last?
(a) About 20 minutes.
(b) The entire afternoon.
(c) The entire morning.
(d) About 30 minutes.

9. What happened to the previous owner of the inn?
(a) He was killed.
(b) He fled town.
(c) He died of old age.
(d) He was put in jail.

10. How long were the innkeeper and her husband married?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 5 months.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 3 months.

11. What does the narrator promise to the innkeeper?
(a) To come back and marry her.
(b) To tip her well.
(c) That she will get her inherited item(s) from Wertheimer.
(d) To send her flowers on the anniversary of Wertheimer's death.

12. According to the narrator, what do people condemn people with?
(a) Money.
(b) Jobs.
(c) Words.
(d) Clothes.

13. What did Wertheimer have Franz burn prior to his death?
(a) His furniture.
(b) His pictures.
(c) All of his notes.
(d) His piano.

14. Why does the narrator feel guilt towards Wertheimer?
(a) They fought the last time he saw him.
(b) He never responded to his letters.
(c) He never called to see how he was.
(d) He never wished him a happy birthday.

15. Who did NOT improve his talents through isolation?
(a) Glenn.
(b) Horowitz.
(c) Wertheimer.
(d) The narrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Wertheimer force his sister to do for him in the middle of the night?

2. Who's call did the trio of friends answer?

3. Why did Wertheimer refuse to perform?

4. Why does Wertheimer's sister feel the way she does about the lodge in Traich?

5. What does the narrator hope his writings will do for him?

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