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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who first published Gluckel's memoirs in 1896?
(a) Chayim Kaufman.
(b) Alexander Hameln.
(c) Samuel Hameln.
(d) David Kaufmann.

2. How old was Mata when she died?
(a) 76.
(b) 78.
(c) 34.
(d) 74.

3. To whom was Yenta Hameln betrothed?
(a) Hirz Letz.
(b) Abraham Letz.
(c) Solomon Gans.
(d) Samuel Cleves.

4. When did Gluckel's family return to Hameln?
(a) 1658.
(b) 1680.
(c) 1672.
(d) 1662.

5. What did Gluckel find to be a "dull, shabby hole" in Book II?
(a) Hanover.
(b) Hameln.
(c) Her in-law's house.
(d) Her house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was recommended to Chayim as a Talmud scholar to arbitrate for him in Hildesheim?

2. What was the name of Gluckel's father?

3. What did Gluckel's father trade?

4. Where did Joseph Hameln move to await word to return to the Promised Land?

5. Who became pregnant at the same time that Gluckel did with her first child?

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