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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 compare Desselbrunn to?
(a) Paris.
(b) Austria.
(c) Madrid.
(d) Traich.

2. What has the narrator never really considered selling?
(a) His music sheets.
(b) His house in Desselbrunn.
(c) His watch.
(d) His Steinway.

3. What brought Wertheimer to Salzburg?
(a) To paint.
(b) Austria's reputation.
(c) Glenn's reputation.
(d) Horowitz's reputation.

4. Why did Wertheimer hang himself so close to his sister's house?
(a) To hurt her.
(b) To make a statement.
(c) To deflect the blame from Glenn.
(d) To make her smile.

5. What did the narrator never consider about the death of Wertheimer?
(a) That he could die.
(b) That he was shot.
(c) That it was a suicide.
(d) That he died naturally.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator learn about Wertheimer's hunting lodge in Traich?

2. Who did NOT improve his talents through isolation?

3. Where did Wertheimer and the narrator first talk?

4. Why did Wertheimer refuse to perform?

5. Where does the narrator take his hot tea?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Wertheimer desire to be like Glenn?

2. Explain why Wertheimer killed himself in the place he did?

3. Describe why the innkeeper became the innkeeper.

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

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

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

7. How did Wertheimer end his dying party?

8. Explain how the narrator feels about his depression.

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

10. How are Traich and Desselbrunn compared?

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