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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 Wertheimer hang himself?
(a) 100 steps from the Mozarteum.
(b) 100 steps from his sister's front door.
(c) 100 steps from his sister's back door.
(d) 100 steps from the narrator's front door.

2. What did Glenn and Wertheimer not tolerate?
(a) Being around people too much.
(b) Singing.
(c) Humming to the piano melody.
(d) Poor piano playing.

3. What happened to Wertheimer when he left his house after his sister moved out?
(a) He got drunk.
(b) He hit his head on the concrete.
(c) He collapsed and a neighbor took him home.
(d) He fell into a pool.

4. When did Wertheimer give up playing the piano?
(a) After hearing Glenn speak.
(b) After seeing Glenn perform.
(c) After hearing Glenn play a few bars.
(d) After hearing the narrator.

5. What did the narrator detest?
(a) Homosexuals.
(b) Fame.
(c) The public.
(d) Pianists.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the strongest of the three friends?

2. What was Wertheimer arrogant about?

3. Who was the weakest of the three friends?

4. What was Wertheimer's sole decision?

5. Where did Glenn go when the narrator and Wertheimer remark that Glenn is lost in his art?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator feel about Horowitz?

2. Describe what is significant about the Mozarteum.

3. How was Wertheimer's suicide ironic?

4. Describe the way the three friend's perceived New York City.

5. What did Wertheimer and the narrator resort to after they quit playing piano?

6. Describe Wertheimer and his sister's relationship.

7. Discuss the narrator's desire and motivation for studying the piano.

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

9. How did Wertheimer and his sister view their inheritance?

10. How did Wertheimer behave in relation to the narrator in Section 7?

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