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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What boarder did Gluckel and her husband send to Poland to do business for them in the beginning of Book III?
(a) Abraham.
(b) Mordecai.
(c) Hirz.
(d) Joseph.

2. What was the name of Chayim Hameln's father?
(a) Michael Hameln.
(b) Abraham Hameln.
(c) Joseph Hameln.
(d) Samuel Hameln.

3. How old was Gluckel when the German Jews were forced to leave Hamburg?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

4. How many wedding guests traveled to Gluckel's wedding in addition to Gluckel's parents?
(a) 50.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 10.

5. What was the name of Gluckel's mother?
(a) Helga.
(b) Bela.
(c) Ulk.
(d) Hannah.

Short Answer Questions

1. In her introduction to her memoirs, Gluckel recommended to her children that they be honest with both Jews and Gentiles in what?

2. Memoirs of Gluckel of Hameln takes place beginning in what year?

3. Who was the seventh of Joseph Hameln's children?

4. How many Reichsthalers did the richest Jew in Altona own?

5. What "provides all we need to find and learn the journey through this world to the next," according to Gluckel in her introduction to the memoirs?

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