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

2. Where did the narrator stay when he visited Wertheimer?
(a) A bed and breakfast.
(b) The lodge in Traich.
(c) The Wankham Inn.
(d) Wertheimer's house.

3. Where does the narrator go after the death of Glenn and Wertheimer?
(a) His hometown.
(b) The lodge in Traich.
(c) Austria.
(d) An island.

4. Why did Wertheimer think his sister's husband married her?
(a) For her cooking.
(b) For her looks.
(c) For her wealth.
(d) For her smell.

5. How did Glenn die?
(a) Natural causes.
(b) A tumor.
(c) Cancer.
(d) A car wreck.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator refer to Wertheimer as in Section 3?

2. Who had a sexual relationship with the innkeeper?

3. Who did Glenn ruin most?

4. What suffocated Wertheimer and the narrator?

5. What did Glenn nickname Wertheimer?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Wertheimer attempt to save himself?

2. What marked Wertheimer's deterioration?

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

4. Describe the way the three friend's perceived New York City.

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

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

7. Describe Wertheimer and his sister's relationship.

8. What did Glenn desire in people?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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