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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Under whose rule did the Jews settle in Altona?
(a) The King of France.
(b) The King of Denmark.
(c) The King of Germany.
(d) The King of Sweden.

2. What was the name of Gluckel's sister?
(a) Hannah.
(b) Zipporah.
(c) Hendele.
(d) Margaret.

3. How many Reichsthalers did the richest Jew in Altona own?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 30,000.
(d) 10,000.

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

5. What was the name of Chayim Hameln's father?
(a) Samuel Hameln.
(b) Abraham Hameln.
(c) Joseph Hameln.
(d) Michael Hameln.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gluckel find to be a "dull, shabby hole" in Book II?

2. Where did Gluckel's parents stop on their way to Hameln at Gluckel's wedding?

3. In her introduction to her memoirs, Gluckel recommended to her children that they be honest with both Jews and Gentiles in what?

4. In what language were the diaries originally written?

5. In her introduction to her memoirs, what kind of book did Gluckel write that she had no intention of writing because there were already many of them?

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