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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Swedes take over Altona?
(a) 1680.
(b) 1660.
(c) 1665.
(d) 1658.

2. How many Reichsthalers did the richest Jew in Altona own?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 30,000.

3. Who did Gluckel and Chayim visit for New Year's in Book IV?
(a) Abraham Stadthagen.
(b) Moshe Stadthagen.
(c) Abraham Hameln.
(d) Joseph Hameln.

4. After which holiday does Gluckel's family decide to leave Hamburg in Book III?
(a) Passover.
(b) Yom Kippur.
(c) Hannukah.
(d) New Year's.

5. What did the burgher have hidden in his ship in Gluckel's story in Book IV?
(a) Diamonds.
(b) Fur.
(c) Gold.
(d) Francs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of whom did Gluckel write in order to explain that a man can mean well but end in folly, as a parable of her marriage to Levy?

2. When did Gluckel's son Moses marry?

3. What was the name of Gluckel's sister?

4. 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?

5. How old was Mata when she died?

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