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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 does the narrator hope his writings will do for him?
(a) Soothe him.
(b) Allow him to grieve.
(c) Put his thoughts about Wertheimer together.
(d) Allow him to sleep.

2. According to the narrator, how do people judge others, no matter what they perceive?
(a) Accurately.
(b) Rigidly.
(c) Falsely.
(d) Rudely.

3. What did the narrator decide not to sell?
(a) His watch.
(b) His apartments in Vienna and Dusselbrunn.
(c) His copy of "Goldberg Variations."
(d) His Steinway.

4. How did the innkeeper's husband die?
(a) He was shot.
(b) In a paper mill accident.
(c) In a car wreck.
(d) In a fire.

5. Where does the narrator escape to upon leaving the inn.
(a) Desselbrunn.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Austria.
(d) Traich.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator learn about the last few weeks of Wertheimer's life?

2. What does Franz worry about?

3. What did Wertheimer love in association to death?

4. What did Wertheimer have Franz burn prior to his death?

5. Who's lunch did the narrator refuse?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Wertheimer end his dying party?

2. How is the innkeeper a contradictory character?

3. Compare and contrast the isolation of Wertheimer and Glenn.

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

5. Describe why the innkeeper became the innkeeper.

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

7. What does the narrator think about after Wertheimer's funeral?

8. Discuss the power of condemnation.

9. How did Wertheimer feel about his unhappiness?

10. Explain why Wertheimer's sister felt uncomfortable in Traich.

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