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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. What did the narrator and Wertheimer relinquish after studying with Glenn?

2. Where did Wertheimer refuse to go without the narrator?

3. What did Glenn nickname Wertheimer?

4. According to the narrator's list of statements, what is said about "all that is spoken"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the way the three friend's perceived New York City.

2. What marked Wertheimer's deterioration?

3. How did the narrator and the newspapers perceive Glenn Gould?

4. Describe what is significant about the Mozarteum.

5. Discuss the narrator's desire and motivation for studying the piano.

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

7. Why were Glenn and Wertheimer compared to each other in Section 2?

8. What did Wertheimer and the narrator resort to after they quit playing piano?

9. How did Glenn disprove his parents?

10. What did Glenn desire in people?

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

Compare and contrast the depression that exists among the three friends in "The Loser."

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the role Salzburg has with New York City in the opinion of the three friends. Support your statements with examples and quotes from "The Loser."

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