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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is "The Loser" about?
(a) The relationships of three friends.
(b) A European vacation.
(c) A couple.
(d) Gambling.
2. What did Glenn refuse from Wertheimer?
(a) His piano.
(b) His invitation to visit him in Traich.
(c) His invitation to dinner.
(d) His watch.
3. Why did the narrator study music?
(a) To annoy his parents.
(b) To get paid.
(c) To be smarter.
(d) To become famous.
4. Where did Glenn go when the narrator and Wertheimer remark that Glenn is lost in his art?
(a) Florence.
(b) Salzburg.
(c) Canada.
(d) Paris.
5. From what did Glenn barricade himself?
(a) Restaurants.
(b) Concerts.
(c) Women.
(d) The public.
6. What did people assume about Glenn?
(a) He was strong.
(b) He was weak.
(c) He was mean.
(d) He was talentless.
7. Who was unable to move the sculptures in the apartment in Leopoldskron?
(a) Glenn.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Wetheimer.
(d) Glenn, Wertheimer, and the narrator together.
8. What was the title of the book Wertheimer desired to publish?
(a) "The Austrian."
(b) "The Pianist."
(c) "The Loser."
(d) "The Nomad."
9. According to the narrator's list of statements, what is said about "all that is spoken"?
(a) It has meaning.
(b) It is complicated.
(c) It is simple and pure.
(d) It is nonsense.
10. Where did the narrator live that Wertheimer hated?
(a) Florence.
(b) New York City.
(c) Madrid.
(d) Paris.
11. How many letters did the narrator ignore from Wertheimer before Wertheimer's death?
(a) 6 letters.
(b) 4 letters.
(c) 5 letters.
(d) 2 letters.
12. Where did Wertheimer and his sister travel to that dissuaded them from future travels together?
(a) Paris.
(b) Passau.
(c) Florence.
(d) Madrid.
13. Where did the narrator decide to write about Glenn Gould?
(a) In his basement.
(b) In Sintra.
(c) In Madrid.
(d) In Paris.
14. What different skill does the narrator posses?
(a) The ability to fly.
(b) The ability to read minds.
(c) The ability to perceive the same thing as something new.
(d) The ability to predict a phone call.
15. How did Glenn die?
(a) Natural causes.
(b) A tumor.
(c) A car wreck.
(d) Cancer.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who did Wertheimer reach out to to save him?
2. According to the narrator's list of statements, what type of people are amazed?
3. What did Wertheimer's sister send the narrator after Wertheimer died?
4. When did Wertheimer give up playing the piano?
5. Who did Glenn ruin most?
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