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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What son was Gluckel nursing when she and Chayim visited his parents in Book IV?

2. When was Elias betrothed?

3. To whose son was Zipporah proposed to marry in Book IV?

4. From where did the King of France forbid the import or export of money in Book VII?

5. Who helped Levy after the crash and then became one of the richest men in the community in Book VII?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Chayim and a group of people contract illness in Book IV? Who was with him?

2. When was Chayim buried? What state of mind was Gluckel in following his death?

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

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

5. What feelings of guilt does Gluckel describe in the beginning of Book VI?

6. What did Gluckel discover about Loeb's business and finances in Book V?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the incident where Gluckel's child was quarantined for the plague. Where did this take place and when? Who was involved?

Essay Topic 2

Describe how the Jewish faith played a role in Gluckel's life. What customs and rituals would have affected Gluckel's everyday existence?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the discrimination Jews faced in 17th Century Europe. What was the "Jewish Emancipation" and when did it come?

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