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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the fifth of Joseph Hameln's children?
(a) Reb Samuel.
(b) Yenta.
(c) Moses.
(d) Reb Isaac.

2. Who was the ninth of Joseph Hameln's children?
(a) Hannah.
(b) Abraham.
(c) Chayim.
(d) Moses.

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

4. Who did the widow of Sussmann Gans marry?
(a) Gans.
(b) Feibisch.
(c) Letz.
(d) Cleves.

5. In what language were the diaries originally written?
(a) Yiddish.
(b) Hebrew.
(c) French.
(d) German.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the fourth of Joseph Hameln's children?

2. Who did Chayim ask to recommend a Talmud scholar to arbitrate for him in Hildesheim?

3. Who wrote the introduction to the book?

4. Who was the eighth of Joseph Hameln's children?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is revealed of Gluckel's later life in the Introduction?

2. Where did Gluckel travel and why, according to the Introduction?

3. What happened after Gluckel's wedding in Book II? What was Gluckel's impression of Hameln?

4. To whom was Gluckel's sister betrothed? What was her father's position on the dowry?

5. Why did Gluckel's family leave Hamburg when she was young?

6. Whom did Chayim send an escort for Gluckel in Book III?

7. What were the living conditions like when Gluckel's family returned to Hamburg?

8. What did Gluckel write by way of introduction to the memoirs in Book I? Whom did she address?

9. What examples did Gluckel give of her father taking in others into his home?

10. What advice did Gluckel leave to her readers in Book I?

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