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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. Who had a sexual relationship with the innkeeper?
(a) Glenn.
(b) Wertheimer.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Wertheimer's sister.

2. What was Wertheimer's sole decision?
(a) Moving to Traich.
(b) Leaving Traich.
(c) His suicide.
(d) Living with his sister.

3. What did Wertheimer dislike?
(a) Beer.
(b) Having guests.
(c) Glenn.
(d) The woods.

4. Where did Wertheimer and his sister travel to that dissuaded them from future travels together?
(a) Paris.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Passau.
(d) Florence.

5. Why did Glenn stay to study in Salzburg?
(a) To study with Horowitz.
(b) Because it was historical.
(c) To play a Steinway.
(d) Because it was beautiful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the narrator study music?

2. How far away is Desselbrunn from where the narrator stayed when he visited Wertheimer?

3. Who did Glenn use to become 'Glenn Gould'?

4. What does the narrator consider a misfortune?

5. Where did Wertheimer refuse to go without the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did Wertheimer attempt to save himself?

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

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

7. Describe the significance of the term "piano radicalism."

8. Describe Wertheimer and his sister's relationship.

9. Describe how Glenn became "Glenn Gould."

10. How did Wertheimer react when his sister moved out of their house?

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