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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 12: p. 145-153.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the innkeeper say about her trip to Hirschbach?
(a) It was expensive.
(b) It was exhausting.
(c) It was fun.
(d) It was pointless.

2. What does the narrator say about a suicide calculated in advance?
(a) It's amusing.
(b) It is not an act of desperation.
(c) It is pathetic.
(d) It makes him depressed.

3. What will Wertheimer's sister likely be interested in after her brother's death?
(a) Glenn.
(b) The piano.
(c) The Traich affairs.
(d) Her husband.

4. What did Glenn play at the Salzburg Festival?
(a) "A Medley."
(b) "Variations."
(c) "Golden Variety."
(d) "Goldberg Variations."

5. With what was Wertheimer smitten?
(a) His happiness.
(b) His sister's happiness.
(c) His failure.
(d) Glenn's talent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Wertheimer think his sister's husband married her?

2. What was Wertheimer's apartment stuffed with?

3. According to the narrator, what does one need to restrain from suicide?

4. Why did Glenn cut down the ash in front of his window?

5. Why did the narrator ignore Wertheimer's last card?

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