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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Gluckel's aunt name who was orphaned with her mother?
(a) Helga.
(b) Zipporah.
(c) Ulk.
(d) Hannah.

2. In what language were the diaries originally written?
(a) French.
(b) Hebrew.
(c) German.
(d) Yiddish.

3. Who was the eighth of Joseph Hameln's children?
(a) Moses.
(b) Abraham.
(c) Hannah.
(d) Yenta.

4. How old was Gluckel when she was married?
(a) 16.
(b) 14.
(c) 15.
(d) 17.

5. How many days did Gluckel's family wait for carriages to arrive to take them to Gluckel's wedding?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the father bird do to the first bird he was taking across the stream in Gluckel's introduction to her memoirs?

3. How many children did Gluckel and her first husband have?

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

5. Whose fortune vanishes from lack of supervision in Book II?

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