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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Chayim ask to recommend a Talmud scholar to arbitrate for him in Hildesheim?
(a) Samuel.
(b) Isaac.
(c) Joseph.
(d) Abraham.

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

3. Who was the richest Altona Jew?
(a) Chayim Furst.
(b) Joseph Hameln.
(c) Chayim Hameln.
(d) Alexander Hurst.

4. Memoirs of Gluckel of Hameln takes place beginning in what year?
(a) 1600.
(b) 1640.
(c) 1635.
(d) 1646.

5. To whom was Yenta Hameln betrothed?
(a) Solomon Gans.
(b) Abraham Letz.
(c) Samuel Cleves.
(d) Hirz Letz.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Gluckel's family go when the Jews were expelled from her hometown?

2. What was the name of Gluckel's aunt name who was orphaned with her mother?

3. How many days did Gluckel's family wait for carriages to arrive to take them to Gluckel's wedding?

4. Who did Gluckel's family stop to visit in Hanover in Book III?

5. In her introduction to her memoirs, Gluckel recommended to her children that they be honest with both Jews and Gentiles in what?

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