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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) King Jedijah.
(b) King Herod.
(c) Judah.
(d) Moses.

2. How long did it take for Gluckel to pay off her debts following Chayim's death?
(a) Six months.
(b) One year.
(c) Three years.
(d) Two years.

3. How old was Gluckel when the Swedes attacked Altona?
(a) 10.
(b) 20.
(c) 11.
(d) 12.

4. Who was the second money-changer in Altona to disappear?
(a) Aaron ben Moses.
(b) Abraham Metz.
(c) Samuel Levy.
(d) Joseph Lifshitz.

5. Gluckel wrote in Book III that Judah brought them nothing, but now has how many Reichsthalers?
(a) 40,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 200,000.
(d) 50,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Gluckel betrothed to her second husband?

2. What was the name of Gluckel's aunt name who was orphaned with her mother?

3. Under whose rule did the Jews settle in Altona?

4. What was the vocation of Gluckel's second husband?

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

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