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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 led the narrator to his room after Wertheimer dies?
(a) Glenn.
(b) The vulgar innkeeper.
(c) The narrator's sister.
(d) Wertheimer's sister.

2. What did the former innkeeper's wife die from?
(a) From heartbreak.
(b) From grief.
(c) From cancer.
(d) From a gun shot.

3. What did the narrator learn about the last few weeks of Wertheimer's life?
(a) He sang and played at the inn.
(b) He wrote music.
(c) He recorded his version of "Goldberg Variations."
(d) He entertained peculiar guests.

4. Who's lunch did the narrator refuse?
(a) Glenn's.
(b) Duttweilers'.
(c) Desselbrunn's.
(d) The innkeeper's.

5. What did Wertheimer order and get delivered in the same day?
(a) A violin.
(b) A porch swing.
(c) A new grandfather clock.
(d) A piano.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Wertheimer refuse to buy for the innkeeper?

2. What brought Wertheimer to Salzburg?

3. What did the narrator decide not to sell?

4. Where does the narrator escape to upon leaving the inn.

5. Who did the innkeeper write a letter to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe why the innkeeper became the innkeeper.

2. Describe what happened when the narrator and Wertheimer tried to play a concert together.

3. What was significant about the Steinway the narrator gave away?

4. How is the innkeeper a contradictory character?

5. Why did the Wertheimer family change?

6. Explain how the narrator feels about his depression.

7. Discuss the power of condemnation.

8. Describe the innkeeper's relationship with Wertheimer.

9. Why does the narrator not fit in among people in the inn?

10. How did Wertheimer end his dying party?

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