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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Gluckel remarry?
(a) 1712.
(b) 1695.
(c) 1705.
(d) 1700.

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

3. What did the father bird do to the first bird he was taking across the stream in Gluckel's introduction to her memoirs?
(a) Drowned it.
(b) Abandoned it.
(c) Kissed it.
(d) Saved it.

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

5. In what year did Gluckel's first husband die?
(a) 1720.
(b) 1684.
(c) 1692.
(d) 1689.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Gluckel's mother?

2. Who wrote the introduction to the book?

3. How many of Gluckel's children were still living at home when her first husband died?

4. How old was Mata when she died?

5. Who first published Gluckel's memoirs in 1896?

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