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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Under whose rule did the Jews settle in Altona?
(a) The King of Denmark.
(b) The King of Sweden.
(c) The King of Germany.
(d) The King of France.

2. What did Bela's mother make and sell before she married?
(a) Ladies' gloves.
(b) Buttons.
(c) Gold and silver lace.
(d) Wool scarves.

3. 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) The Torah.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Our parents.
(d) God.

4. Who was the ninth of Joseph Hameln's children?
(a) Hannah.
(b) Abraham.
(c) Moses.
(d) Chayim.

5. How long did Gluckel and Chayim stay in Hameln after marrying?
(a) Two years.
(b) One year.
(c) Six months.
(d) Three years.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Swedes take over Altona?

2. What did Gluckel's father trade?

3. Who did the widow of Sussmann Gans marry?

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

5. Gluckel's first husband came from a family of how many children?

(see the answer key)

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