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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. Where did Hendele marry?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Amsterdam.
(c) Paris.
(d) Hanover.

2. In what month did Chayim fall on a sharp stone while on business?
(a) April.
(b) January.
(c) July.
(d) March.

3. Who was expelled from Helmstadt for being a Jew in Book IV?
(a) Reb Samuel.
(b) Moshe Stadthagen.
(c) Reb Moses.
(d) Joseph Hameln.

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

5. In what year was Gluckel betrothed to her second husband?
(a) 1699.
(b) 1702.
(c) 1700.
(d) 1703.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Hannah betrothed to?

2. From whom did Chayim secure a passport and bodyguard in Book IV?

3. Who was Elias Cleve's widow, whom Gluckel wrote of meeting with in Book V?

4. Where did Gluckel take Esther and Nathan to resolve their betrothal in Book V?

5. Which of the five Jews warned by the King of France returned to Metz?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the reasons Gluckel considers remarriage in Book VI?

2. What did the King of France warn the Jews in Lorraine in Book VII? What did the Jews do?

3. How did Gluckel resolve the issues with Esther's betrothal?

4. Who are the people in the parable that begins Book IV?

5. What arrangements were made for Zipporah's wedding? Where was the wedding?

6. Where did Gluckel's family go for New Year's in Book IV? What did they discover about security there?

7. What did Rabbi Samuel Levy do against his father's wishes in Book VII?

8. Who was Reb Moses? What interaction did he have with the family in Book IV?

9. How did Gluckel hear of Levy's availability? Whom did she consult?

10. What is the moral of the parable that begins Book IV?

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