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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. For how long did the Talmud instructor agree to teach and board Joseph in Book V?
(a) Two years.
(b) Four years.
(c) One year.
(d) Three years.

2. What was the value of the goods that Gluckel took from Loeb's business for his debt to her in Book V?
(a) 1,000 Reichsthalers.
(b) 5,000 Reichsthalers.
(c) 3,000 Reichsthalers.
(d) 2,000 Reichsthalers.

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

4. From whom did Gluckel hear that Loeb was good in his business practices in Book V?
(a) Abraham Levy.
(b) Samuel Hirsch.
(c) Hirz Levy.
(d) Hirschel Ries.

5. Which of the five Jews warned by the King of France remained in Lorraine?
(a) Isai and Chayim.
(b) Samuel and Moses.
(c) Jacob and Moses.
(d) Isai and Jacob.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose house did Gluckel move into when Isai Willstadt returned to Metz?

2. In what year was Gluckel betrothed to her second husband?

3. Who did Joseph Hameln go to live with after running out of money?

4. Who did Gluckel ask to check her figures for auction so her values were not set too low or too high in Book V?

5. Who was expelled from Helmstadt for being a Jew in Book IV?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What financial arrangements were made before the marriage of Gluckel to Levy? What was Gluckel's impression of Levy?

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

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

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

7. Where did Gluckel stop on the way to her second wedding? Why?

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

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

10. How did Gluckel work through her debts following Chayim's death? Whom did she ask for help?

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