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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Gluckel ask to keep an eye on Loeb since he knew little business while in Berlin?
(a) Hirz.
(b) Abraham.
(c) Samuel.
(d) Hirschel.

2. How old was Hendele when she died?
(a) 65.
(b) 25.
(c) 32.
(d) 27.

3. How many years were Chayim and Gluckel married?
(a) 30.
(b) 34.
(c) 32.
(d) 35.

4. What physician was called to see Chayim after he fell on a sharp stone and was injured?
(a) Abraham Lopez.
(b) Abraham Schneider.
(c) Moshe Lifshitz.
(d) Joseph Hamil.

5. Where did Gluckel discover that Loeb had debts due?
(a) Hanover Fair.
(b) Brunswick Fair.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Levin Fair.

6. How long had it been since Gluckel and Chayim had seen Chayim's parents in Book IV?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 12 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 20 years.

7. Where did Gluckel take Esther and Nathan to resolve their betrothal in Book V?
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) Hanover.
(c) Paris.
(d) Berlin.

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

9. Gluckel received less than how much of the money she was owed by her marriage contract, following Levy's death?
(a) One-fourth.
(b) One-half.
(c) One-third.
(d) One-tenth.

10. In what year was Gluckel's second marriage set?
(a) 1699.
(b) 1701.
(c) 1702.
(d) 1700.

11. From where did the King of France forbid the import or export of money in Book VII?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Lorraine.
(c) Amsterdam.
(d) Britain.

12. Where did the wedding of Gluckel's son Moses' take place?
(a) Hanover.
(b) Amsterdam.
(c) Baiersdorf.
(d) Paris.

13. Who was Elias Cleve's widow, whom Gluckel wrote of meeting with in Book V?
(a) Sarah Krumbach.
(b) Zipporah Krumbach.
(c) Hannah Miriam.
(d) Frau Miriam.

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

15. 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) Judah.
(b) King Herod.
(c) Moses.
(d) King Jedijah.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who accompanied Gluckel to Frankfort in Book VI?

2. With whom did the King of France grow bitter in Book VII?

3. For how long did the Talmud instructor agree to teach and board Joseph in Book V?

4. How much money did it cost Joseph Hameln to stay in Hildesheim for five more years in Book IV?

5. Who was Gluckel praying with when Chayim died?

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