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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, how do people judge others, no matter what they perceive?
(a) Falsely.
(b) Rudely.
(c) Rigidly.
(d) Accurately.

2. Who is Franz Kohlroser?
(a) Wertheimer's uncle.
(b) The lodge's butler.
(c) The lodge's woodsman.
(d) Wertheimer's brother.

3. What does the narrator examine as he waits for his hot tea?
(a) The innkeeper's body.
(b) A cut on his finger.
(c) The dirt on the inn's floor.
(d) An infection on his temple.

4. What did the innkeeper praise Wertheimer for?
(a) Being a refined gentleman.
(b) Being a great pianist.
(c) Being a good dad.
(d) Being the best beer drinker.

5. What did the narrator decide not to sell?
(a) His Steinway.
(b) His copy of "Goldberg Variations."
(c) His watch.
(d) His apartments in Vienna and Dusselbrunn.

6. According to the narrator, what do people condemn people with?
(a) Money.
(b) Words.
(c) Jobs.
(d) Clothes.

7. What did the innkeeper say about Wertheimer's suicide?
(a) She wishes she did it.
(b) He was smart for committing it.
(c) He was a fool for committing it.
(d) She hates how he died.

8. What did the former innkeeper's wife die from?
(a) From cancer.
(b) From grief.
(c) From a gun shot.
(d) From heartbreak.

9. Who did NOT improve his talents through isolation?
(a) Glenn.
(b) Wertheimer.
(c) Horowitz.
(d) The narrator.

10. What reason does the narrator repeatedly give for Wertheimer's suicide?
(a) His sister's abandonment
(b) Glenn's death.
(c) His abandonment.
(d) Being second best to Glenn.

11. What did Wertheimer think his sister would do to escape?
(a) Commit suicide.
(b) Convert to Catholicism.
(c) Get married.
(d) Become Baptist.

12. What was Wertheimer from the moment he was born?
(a) Insane.
(b) A rich boy.
(c) A pianist.
(d) A loser.

13. What happened to the previous owner of the inn?
(a) He died of old age.
(b) He was put in jail.
(c) He was killed.
(d) He fled town.

14. What did Wertheimer NOT dictate for his sister?
(a) Who she could see.
(b) What she could wear.
(c) Where she could go.
(d) What she could eat.

15. What is playing in the final scene of "The Loser"?
(a) Ray Charles.
(b) The Beatles.
(c) An opera.
(d) "Goldberg Variations."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Wertheimer and the narrator first talk?

2. Who's call did the trio of friends answer?

3. What does the narrator believe about the former innkeeper?

4. What did the innkeeper ask in her letter?

5. What did the narrator learn about the last few weeks of Wertheimer's life?

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