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

2. Where did the trio of friends study?
(a) The Mozarteum.
(b) Vienna.
(c) Bach's home.
(d) Paris.

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

4. What was Glenn convinced about people in general?
(a) That they were generally annoying.
(b) That they were generally happy.
(c) That they were generally rude.
(d) That they were generally unhappy.

5. Who else confirmed the narrator's opinion that Glenn was extraordinary?
(a) The newspapers.
(b) The television.
(c) The tabloids.
(d) The radio.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the narrator ignore Wertheimer's last card?

2. How did Glenn die?

3. What was the title of the book Wertheimer desired to publish?

4. Who did Wertheimer hate as much as traveling?

5. Who opposed the idea of the narrator and Wertheimer going to America to visit Glenn?

Short Essay Questions

1. What showed the narrator's depression in Section 3?

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

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

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

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

6. How does the narrator feel about Horowitz?

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

8. What did Glenn desire in people?

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

10. What was ironic about Wertheimer's desire to write "The Loser"?

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