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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Gluckel and Chayim visit for New Year's in Book IV?
(a) Abraham Hameln.
(b) Moshe Stadthagen.
(c) Joseph Hameln.
(d) Abraham Stadthagen.

2. For how long did the Talmud instructor agree to teach and board Joseph in Book V?
(a) Four years.
(b) One year.
(c) Two years.
(d) Three years.

3. How old was Miriam when Gluckel remarried?
(a) 11.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 9.

4. How much money did it cost Joseph Hameln to stay in Hildesheim for five more years in Book IV?
(a) 18,000 Reichsthalers.
(b) 1,000 Reichsthalers.
(c) 20,000 Reichsthalers.
(d) 10,000 Reichsthalers.

5. What was a citizen in Norway called?
(a) A Goy.
(b) A Dane.
(c) A burgher.
(d) A Gentile.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Gluckel ask to check her figures for auction so her values were not set too low or too high in Book V?

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

3. Leser met Gluckel on her way to Metz with a letter and a what?

4. With whom did the King of France grow bitter in Book VII?

5. How long had it been since Gluckel and Chayim had seen Chayim's parents in Book IV?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the moral of the parable that begins Book IV?

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

4. What did Rabbi Samuel Levy do against his father's wishes in Book VII?

5. To whom was Zipporah betrothed and when?

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

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

8. Who was Reb Moses? What interaction did he have with the family in Book IV?

9. Where did Gluckel's family go to visit Chayim's parents in Book IV? What were they like?

10. What financial arrangements were made before the marriage of Gluckel to Levy? What was Gluckel's impression of Levy?

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