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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 the narrator travel to on train as he observed the countryside?
(a) Chur.
(b) Traich.
(c) Paris.
(d) Madrid.

2. What did the narrator plan to play when he visited his uncle?
(a) His uncle's grand piano.
(b) Nothing.
(c) His uncle's Steinway.
(d) His uncle's guitar.

3. What did Glenn nickname Wertheimer?
(a) Judge.
(b) The philosopher.
(c) Priest Wertheimer.
(d) The loser.

4. How long did Wertheimer keep his curtains closed after his sister left?
(a) 14 days.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 4 days.

5. What kind of ego did Glenn have?
(a) A virtuoso head.
(b) A small one.
(c) A big one.
(d) A modest head.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Wertheimer give up playing the piano?

2. Where did the narrator stay when he visited Wertheimer?

3. What is a prominent character trait of the narrator?

4. What did the narrator give to the daughter of the schoolteacher?

5. What is the narrator tormented by?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the writing change after Wertheimer's funeral, at the beginning of Section 6?

3. Describe how the narrator feels about suicide.

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

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

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

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

8. Describe what is significant about the Mozarteum.

9. How did the narrator and the newspapers perceive Glenn Gould?

10. Describe Wertheimer and his sister's relationship.

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