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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 was not ruined by Glenn?
(a) Wertheimer.
(b) His parents.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Lesser pianists.

2. What did Wertheimer love in association to death?
(a) The prelude of a funeral service.
(b) Cemeteries.
(c) Funeral hymns.
(d) Funerals.

3. How long were the innkeeper and her husband married?
(a) 5 months.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 3 years.

4. Who did the innkeeper write a letter to?
(a) Glenn.
(b) Wertheimer's sister.
(c) Horowitz.
(d) Wertheimer.

5. Who is Franz Kohlroser?
(a) Wertheimer's brother.
(b) The lodge's butler.
(c) Wertheimer's uncle.
(d) The lodge's woodsman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the innkeeper travel with to Hirschbach?

2. Why did Wertheimer refuse to perform?

3. Who did NOT improve his talents through isolation?

4. What did Wertheimer force his sister to do for him in the middle of the night?

5. Why was Wertheimer a failure from the beginning?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the innkeeper mention in regards to Wertheimer's finances?

2. Discuss the power of condemnation.

3. How does the narrator feel about Desselbrunn?

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

5. What was significant of what Wertheimer did not leave behind?

6. How is the innkeeper a contradictory character?

7. How did Wertheimer end his dying party?

8. According to the narrator, what is important about judging?

9. Describe the abuse Wertheimer's sister underwent from Wertheimer.

10. Why did the narrator feel guilty about Wertheimer's death?

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