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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who died while Gluckel was in Metz in Book VII?

2. How much money was Elias Cleve worth?

3. What was the agreed dowry for Elias' betrothal?

4. Of whom did Gluckel write in order to explain that a man can mean well but end in folly, as a parable of her marriage to Levy?

5. Who was Hannah betrothed to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were Levy's children unable to help him during the crash?

2. Where did Gluckel stop on the way to her second wedding? Why?

3. Where did Gluckel's son Joseph want to study? What happened?

4. Who died following Gluckel's wedding in Book VII? Who was his widow?

5. How did Gluckel hear of Levy's availability? Whom did she consult?

6. What did the King of France warn the Jews in Lorraine in Book VII? What did the Jews do?

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

8. How did Gluckel work through her debts following Chayim's death? Whom did she ask for help?

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

10. What story does Gluckel tell of Abraham Metz?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe how the Jewish faith played a role in Gluckel's life. What customs and rituals would have affected Gluckel's everyday existence?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the voice and tense of the narrative. What are difference instances where Gluckel changed tense or voice and why? Define the terms in your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Describe Gluckel's early life (through the age of ten). Where did she receive secular and religious education? Where did she live?

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