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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Mata when she died?
(a) 76.
(b) 34.
(c) 78.
(d) 74.

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

3. With whom did Gluckel's family form a partnership only to dissolve it a year later because he did not put up the money agreed upon?
(a) Judah Berlin.
(b) Joseph Hameln.
(c) Hirz Lietz.
(d) Moshe Berlin.

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

5. Who was the seventh of Joseph Hameln's children?
(a) Reb Isaac.
(b) Loeb Bonn.
(c) Abraham.
(d) Reb Samuel.

6. In what year did Gluckel remarry?
(a) 1695.
(b) 1700.
(c) 1705.
(d) 1712.

7. Where was Gluckel born?
(a) Hamburg, Germany.
(b) Hameln, Gernany.
(c) Hanover, Germany.
(d) Danzig, Poland.

8. Who was the eighth of Joseph Hameln's children?
(a) Hannah.
(b) Moses.
(c) Yenta.
(d) Abraham.

9. Who was the richest Altona Jew?
(a) Chayim Furst.
(b) Alexander Hurst.
(c) Chayim Hameln.
(d) Joseph Hameln.

10. To whom was Yenta Hameln betrothed?
(a) Solomon Gans.
(b) Hirz Letz.
(c) Samuel Cleves.
(d) Abraham Letz.

11. Where did Joseph Hameln move to await word to return to the Promised Land?
(a) Hameln.
(b) Hildesheim.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Hanover.

12. Mordecai was killed between Hanover and where?
(a) Hildesheim.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Hameln.
(d) Danzig.

13. 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?
(a) Moralistic.
(b) Autobiographical.
(c) Literary.
(d) Heritage.

14. Who was the fourth eldest of Joseph Hameln's siblings?
(a) Reb Samuel.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Moses.
(d) Abraham.

15. Who did Gluckel's family stop to visit in Hanover in Book III?
(a) Abraham Hameln.
(b) Moshe Hameln.
(c) Joshua Hameln.
(d) Joseph Hameln.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mordecai decide to trade in Germany?

2. To whom was Gluckel's sister betrothed?

3. After which holiday does Gluckel's family decide to leave Hamburg in Book III?

4. How many days did Gluckel's family wait for carriages to arrive to take them to Gluckel's wedding?

5. How old was Mata when she died?

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