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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the narrator escape from during the years he did not see Wertheimer or Glenn?

2. What term did the narrator use to describe Glenn that Glenn often used after?

3. Who opposed the idea of the narrator and Wertheimer going to America to visit Glenn?

4. How long had the narrator been gone from his apartment before he left it to attend Wertheimer's funeral?

5. What did people assume about Glenn?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the item that was left in the three friends apartment that they rented in Leopoldskron.

2. Describe how the narrator feels about suicide.

3. Describe what the narrator said people knew and thought about Glenn.

4. Describe the emphasis the narrator places on the way Glenn died.

5. Describe how Glenn became "Glenn Gould."

6. Why were Glenn and Wertheimer compared to each other in Section 2?

7. What was ironic about Wertheimer's desire to write "The Loser"?

8. Describe how Wertheimer felt about traveling and his family.

9. Describe what is significant about the Mozarteum.

10. How did Wertheimer attempt to save himself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the depression that exists among the three friends in "The Loser."

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Glenn's confidence in his talent brings him success in becoming a piano virtuoso. Support your statements with examples and quotes from "The Loser."

Essay Topic 3

How does solitude play an important role among all three friends? Specifically include examples that show each friend in a moment of solitude. Support your statements with examples and quotes from "The Loser."

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