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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Gluckel's father trade?
(a) Precious stones.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Tea and spices.
(d) Salt.

2. 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?
(a) Our parents.
(b) God.
(c) The Torah.
(d) The Bible.

3. How old was Gluckel when her first husband died?
(a) 44.
(b) 52.
(c) 40.
(d) 45.

4. Life in Hamburg was granted at the mercy of whom?
(a) The Dictator.
(b) The State Council.
(c) The King.
(d) The Town Council.

5. Where did Gluckel's family go when the Jews were expelled from her hometown?
(a) Hameln.
(b) Hanover.
(c) Altona.
(d) Danzig.

Short Answer Questions

1. In her introduction to her memoirs, what kind of book did Gluckel write that she had no intention of writing because there were already many of them?

2. Who first published Gluckel's memoirs in 1896?

3. How old was Gluckel when she died?

4. What did the father bird do to the first bird he was taking across the stream in Gluckel's introduction to her memoirs?

5. In her introduction to her memoirs, Gluckel wrote that it was what year?

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