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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old was Wertheimer when he commited suicide?
(a) 66 years old.
(b) 51 years old.
(c) 52 years old.
(d) 53 years old.

3. Who had a sexual relationship with the innkeeper?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Glenn.
(c) Wertheimer.
(d) Wertheimer's sister.

4. What did Wertheimer's sister send the narrator after Wertheimer died?
(a) A picture.
(b) A scarf.
(c) A pie.
(d) A telegram.

5. What was Wertheimer's apartment stuffed with?
(a) Balloons.
(b) Furniture.
(c) His sister's makeup.
(d) His sister's art.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Glenn hate?

2. What tormented Wertheimer?

3. According to Wertheimer's attempts to reach out to people, what do complicated people not understand?

4. Where did Wertheimer and his sister travel to that dissuaded them from future travels together?

5. What did Wertheimer copy from the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Glenn disprove his parents?

2. How does the narrator feel about Horowitz?

3. How did Wertheimer view life by the end of Section 5, after they go to New York City?

4. How did Wertheimer attempt to save himself?

5. How was Wertheimer's suicide ironic?

6. Describe the item that was left in the three friends apartment that they rented in Leopoldskron.

7. How did the narrator feel about Horowitz as a teacher?

8. Describe the significance of the term "piano radicalism."

9. Why were the "Goldberg Variations" significant to the narrator and Wertheimer?

10. Describe the feelings the narrator and Glenn both had towards the public.

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