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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mordecai was killed between Hanover and where?
(a) Hameln.
(b) Hildesheim.
(c) Danzig.
(d) Berlin.

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

3. How much money did Gluckel discover she owed after Chayim's death?
(a) 5,000 Reichsthalers.
(b) 10,000 Reichsthalers.
(c) 25,000 Reichsthalers.
(d) 20,000 Reichsthalers.

4. How many years were Chayim and Gluckel married?
(a) 32.
(b) 35.
(c) 30.
(d) 34.

5. Who moved to Hamburg, where he lost all his money, before moving to Altona to be a money-changer?
(a) Hirz Levy.
(b) Abraham Metz.
(c) Joseph Lifshitz.
(d) Samuel Levy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Chayim ask to recommend a Talmud scholar to arbitrate for him in Hildesheim?

2. How did Gluckel's maternal grandfather die?

3. How old was Gluckel when the German Jews were forced to leave Hamburg?

4. Gluckel wrote in Book III that Judah brought them nothing, but now has how many Reichsthalers?

5. To whom was Gluckel's sister betrothed?

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