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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator believe about the former innkeeper?
(a) He is sick.
(b) He is innocent.
(c) He is guilty.
(d) He is mean.

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

3. What will Wertheimer's sister likely be interested in after her brother's death?
(a) The Traich affairs.
(b) Her husband.
(c) The piano.
(d) Glenn.

4. According to the narrator, what does one need to restrain from suicide?
(a) Money.
(b) Affection.
(c) Discipline.
(d) Love.

5. What type of religious stance did Wertheimer have?
(a) He was Baptist.
(b) He was Jewish.
(c) He was agnostic.
(d) He was Catholic.

6. Who's lunch did the narrator refuse?
(a) Duttweilers'.
(b) The innkeeper's.
(c) Glenn's.
(d) Desselbrunn's.

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

8. Who did Wertheimer emulate?
(a) His sister.
(b) Anyone he thought was better than him.
(c) Glenn.
(d) The narrator.

9. What did the innkeeper praise Wertheimer for?
(a) Being the best beer drinker.
(b) Being a good dad.
(c) Being a refined gentleman.
(d) Being a great pianist.

10. What did Wertheimer order and get delivered in the same day?
(a) A porch swing.
(b) A violin.
(c) A new grandfather clock.
(d) A piano.

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

12. Who did Wertheimer want to be?
(a) His sister.
(b) His sister's husband.
(c) Glenn.
(d) The narrator.

13. Who did improve his talents through isolation?
(a) Wertheimer.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Horowitz.
(d) Glenn.

14. What was Wertheimer from the moment he was born?
(a) A loser.
(b) A pianist.
(c) A rich boy.
(d) Insane.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does the narrator escape to upon leaving the inn.

3. Why did Wertheimer hang himself so close to his sister's house?

4. Who did the innkeeper write a letter to?

5. What happened to the previous owner of the inn?

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