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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book V.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were seed pearls used for jewelry plentiful for trade?
(a) Paris.
(b) Amsterdam.
(c) Danzig.
(d) Berlin.

2. Who traveled to England but stopped to prosper in Amsterdam in Book III?
(a) Abraham Lietz and Loet Bischere.
(b) Chayim Hameln and Loeb Bischere.
(c) Mordecai Cohen and Loeb Bischere.
(d) Mordecai Cohen and Joseph Hameln.

3. Who was Gluckel praying with when Chayim died?
(a) Feibisch Levi.
(b) Abraham Levi.
(c) Moshe Lifishitz.
(d) Joseph Hamil.

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

5. Who was the second richest Altona Jew?
(a) Alexander Hurst.
(b) Lob Pinkerle.
(c) Chayim Furst.
(d) Chayim Hameln.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under whose arm did Gluckel find a sore that was thought to be the plague?

2. With whom did Gluckel's family form a partnership only to dissolve it a year later because he did not put up the money agreed upon?

3. On what date was Chayim Hameln laid to rest?

4. In her introduction to her memoirs, Gluckel wrote that it was what year?

5. What boarder did Gluckel and her husband send to Poland to do business for them in the beginning of Book III?

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