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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 Glenn go when the narrator and Wertheimer remark that Glenn is lost in his art?

2. What did the narrator give to the daughter of the schoolteacher?

3. How long did Wertheimer keep his curtains closed after his sister left?

4. What did Glenn play at the Salzburg Festival?

5. What did Wertheimer predict about Glenn's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what is significant about the Mozarteum.

2. Why were the "Goldberg Variations" significant to the narrator and Wertheimer?

3. Discuss the role of Traich in connection to Wertheimer.

4. Describe Wertheimer and his sister's relationship.

5. How did the narrator and Wertheimer ruin each other?

6. How does the narrator feel about Horowitz?

7. How did Wertheimer behave in relation to the narrator in Section 7?

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

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

10. How did the narrator feel about Horowitz as a teacher?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss and explain the irony of Wertheimer's death. Support your statements with examples and quotes from "The Loser."

Essay Topic 2

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."

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the narrator's opinion of Glenn with that of the narrator's opinion of Wertheimer. Support your statements with examples and quotes from "The Loser."

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