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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Wertheimer hang himself so close to his sister's house?
(a) To deflect the blame from Glenn.
(b) To make her smile.
(c) To make a statement.
(d) To hurt her.

2. Where does the narrator plan to return to write after Wertheimer's death?
(a) The inn.
(b) His apartment.
(c) Traich.
(d) The lodge.

3. Why did Wertheimer refuse to perform?
(a) He had stage fright.
(b) He did not want to be inferior to Glenn.
(c) He did not want to be inferior to Horowitz.
(d) He did not want to be inferior to the narrator.

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

5. What was Wertheimer's brother-in-law interested in?
(a) The money Wertheimer left behind.
(b) Seeing Glenn play.
(c) Seeing Wertheimer play.
(d) Moving into Wertheimer's lodge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator compare Desselbrunn to?

2. What does the narrator notice Wertheimer did not leave behind?

3. Where did Wertheimer's sister sneak to in secret?

4. Where does the narrator escape to upon leaving the inn.

5. According to the narrator, how do people judge others, no matter what they perceive?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the innkeeper a contradictory character?

2. Explain why Wertheimer's sister felt uncomfortable in Traich.

3. Describe Wertheimer's funeral.

4. Explain why Wertheimer killed himself in the place he did?

5. Explain how the narrator feels about his depression.

6. How does Franz feel about Wertheimer and his death?

7. Describe the abuse Wertheimer's sister underwent from Wertheimer.

8. How did Wertheimer end his dying party?

9. Why does the narrator not fit in among people in the inn?

10. How are Traich and Desselbrunn compared?

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