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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. According to Wertheimer's attempts to reach out to people, what do complicated people not understand?
(a) Love.
(b) Religion.
(c) Simple people.
(d) The piano.

2. What was Glenn better at than the German's?
(a) Eating bratwurst.
(b) Drinking beer.
(c) Speaking German.
(d) Playing the piano.

3. What did Glenn demand to have in his dorm room when he studied at the Mozarteum?
(a) A stove range.
(b) Electric plumbing.
(c) Air conditioning.
(d) A Steinway.

4. How long did Wertheimer go without playing the piano?
(a) 15 months.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 15 days.
(d) 15 hours.

5. What term did the narrator use to describe Glenn that Glenn often used after?
(a) Piano radicalist.
(b) Piano radicalism.
(c) Pianist radio.
(d) Radical pianist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What purpose did the sculptures serve in the house in Leopoldskron?

2. When did Wertheimer's funeral occur?

3. What does the narrator say about Glenn?

4. According to the narrator's list of statements, what is said about "all that is spoken"?

5. How old was Wertheimer when he commited suicide?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Wertheimer's suicide ironic?

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

3. Describe how Glenn became "Glenn Gould."

4. How did the narrator and Wertheimer ruin each other?

5. Describe the emphasis the narrator places on the way Glenn died.

6. Describe how Wertheimer felt about traveling and his family.

7. How did Wertheimer attempt to save himself?

8. Describe how the narrator feels about suicide.

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

10. Discuss the role of Traich in connection to Wertheimer.

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