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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who became pregnant at the same time that Gluckel did with her first child?
(a) Yenta.
(b) Bela.
(c) Hendele.
(d) Anna.

2. In her introduction to her memoirs, Gluckel wrote that it was what year?
(a) 1692.
(b) 1690.
(c) 1695.
(d) 1645.

3. How old was Hendele when she died?
(a) 27.
(b) 65.
(c) 25.
(d) 32.

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

5. When did Gluckel's family return to Hameln?
(a) 1672.
(b) 1658.
(c) 1680.
(d) 1662.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many wedding guests traveled to Gluckel's wedding in addition to Gluckel's parents?

2. Where did Gluckel's family decide to go after the plague was rumored in Hamburg?

3. Under whose rule did the Jews settle in Altona?

4. How many Reichsthalers did the richest Jew in Altona own?

5. Who was Hannah betrothed to?

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