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

2. Who was unable to move the sculptures in the apartment in Leopoldskron?
(a) Glenn, Wertheimer, and the narrator together.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Wetheimer.
(d) Glenn.

3. How far away is Desselbrunn from where the narrator stayed when he visited Wertheimer?
(a) 5 miles.
(b) 50 miles.
(c) 6 miles.
(d) 5 feet.

4. Why did the narrator ignore Wertheimer's last card?
(a) He was too reading "About Glenn Gould."
(b) He was annoyed with him.
(c) He was out of town.
(d) He was busy writing "About Glenn Gould."

5. Who was the strongest of the three friends?
(a) Wertheimer's sister.
(b) Glenn.
(c) Wertheimer.
(d) The narrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Glenn better at than the German's?

2. What was Glenn convinced about people in general?

3. What is the narrator tormented by?

4. What did Wertheimer lament about his sister?

5. How long did Wertheimer keep his curtains closed after his sister left?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Glenn desire in people?

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

3. How was Wertheimer's suicide ironic?

4. Describe Wertheimer and his sister's relationship.

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

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

7. Describe what the narrator said people knew and thought about Glenn.

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

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

10. How does the narrator feel about Horowitz?

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