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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Under whose arm did Gluckel find a sore that was thought to be the plague?
(a) Zipporah's.
(b) Hanna's.
(c) Chayim's.
(d) Abraham's.

2. For how long did Judah Berlin take the Danzig assignment?
(a) Three years.
(b) Two years.
(c) One year.
(d) Six months.

3. Whose fortune vanishes from lack of supervision in Book II?
(a) Samuel Cleves'.
(b) Sussmann Gans'.
(c) Abraham Hameln's.
(d) Hirz Letz's.

4. After which holiday does Gluckel's family decide to leave Hamburg in Book III?
(a) New Year's.
(b) Yom Kippur.
(c) Hannukah.
(d) Passover.

5. Where did Gluckel and Chayim go after Hameln?
(a) Hamburg.
(b) Danzig.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Warsaw.

6. Where did Gluckel's family go when the Jews were expelled from her hometown?
(a) Altona.
(b) Hanover.
(c) Hameln.
(d) Danzig.

7. Where did Joseph Hameln set up Yenta and his bride?
(a) Danzig.
(b) Hameln.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Hanover.

8. Who was the eldest of Joseph Hameln's siblings?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Jacob.
(c) Noah.
(d) Moses.

9. What "provides all we need to find and learn the journey through this world to the next," according to Gluckel in her introduction to the memoirs?
(a) The Torah.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Our parents.
(d) God.

10. Who was the third eldest of Joseph Hameln's siblings?
(a) Moses.
(b) Abraham.
(c) Yenta.
(d) Joseph.

11. How much was the dowry of Gluckel's sister?
(a) 1200 Reichsthalers.
(b) 2000 Reichsthalers.
(c) 1800 Reichsthalers.
(d) 1500 Reichsthalers.

12. Who nursed Chayim Hameln back to health when he was ill at the fair?
(a) Gluckel Hameln.
(b) Judah Berlin.
(c) Joseph Hameln.
(d) Moshe Berlin.

13. How old was Gluckel when she died?
(a) 72.
(b) 65.
(c) 95.
(d) 78.

14. Where did a rule exist that caused Jews who died there to forfeit all their possessions?
(a) Zieg Fair.
(b) Leipzig Fair.
(c) Hanover.
(d) Berlin.

15. Who was recommended to Chayim as a Talmud scholar to arbitrate for him in Hildesheim?
(a) Reb Samuel.
(b) Reb Hirsch.
(c) Reb Ascher.
(d) Joseph Ascher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mordecai was killed between Hanover and where?

2. Who was the sixth of Joseph Hameln's children?

3. Who was the fourth of Joseph Hameln's children?

4. To whom was Gluckel's sister betrothed?

5. Where was Gluckel's maternal grandfather from?

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