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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who was the sixth of Joseph Hameln's children?
(a) Hendele.
(b) Hannah.
(c) Bela.
(d) Esther.

4. Who was the eldest of Joseph Hameln's siblings?
(a) Noah.
(b) Jacob.
(c) Joseph.
(d) Moses.

5. What did Mordecai decide to trade in Germany?
(a) Clothing.
(b) Wine.
(c) Jewels.
(d) Furs.

6. What was the name of Gluckel's sister?
(a) Zipporah.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Hannah.
(d) Hendele.

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

8. In what year did Gluckel's first husband die?
(a) 1720.
(b) 1692.
(c) 1689.
(d) 1684.

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

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

11. Which of Joseph Hameln's children died at the age of fifty?
(a) Moses.
(b) Abraham.
(c) Reb Samuel.
(d) Reb Isaac.

12. 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) Hirz Lietz.
(c) Joseph Hameln.
(d) Moshe Berlin.

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

14. To whom was Gluckel's sister betrothed?
(a) Reb Heinz.
(b) Reb Anders.
(c) Moshe Sneider.
(d) Reb Gumpel.

15. Memoirs of Gluckel of Hameln takes place beginning in what year?
(a) 1635.
(b) 1600.
(c) 1646.
(d) 1640.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Gluckel when she was married?

2. Where did Gluckel and Chayim go after Hameln?

3. How old was Mata when she died?

4. How old was Gluckel when she died?

5. How old was Gluckel when the Swedes attacked Altona?

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