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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Wertheimer NOT dictate for his sister?
(a) What she could wear.
(b) Where she could go.
(c) What she could eat.
(d) Who she could see.

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

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

4. What was Wertheimer unable to see himself as?
(a) A unique individual.
(b) Old.
(c) Talented.
(d) Talentless.

5. Who did Wertheimer play better than?
(a) Glenn.
(b) Horowitz.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Students at the Mozarteum, except Glenn.

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

7. What did Wertheimer love in association to death?
(a) The prelude of a funeral service.
(b) Funeral hymns.
(c) Cemeteries.
(d) Funerals.

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

9. What does the narrator notice Wertheimer did not leave behind?
(a) Food.
(b) A mess.
(c) A footstep.
(d) A note.

10. Who did the innkeeper write a letter to?
(a) Glenn.
(b) Wertheimer.
(c) Horowitz.
(d) Wertheimer's sister.

11. According to the narrator, how do people judge others, no matter what they perceive?
(a) Falsely.
(b) Accurately.
(c) Rudely.
(d) Rigidly.

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

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

14. What did the former innkeeper's wife die from?
(a) From heartbreak.
(b) From grief.
(c) From cancer.
(d) From a gun shot.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Wertheimer a failure from the beginning?

2. Where does the narrator plan to return to write after Wertheimer's death?

3. Who is Franz Kohlroser?

4. What does the narrator promise to the innkeeper?

5. What brought Wertheimer to Salzburg?

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