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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What boarder did Gluckel and her husband send to Poland to do business for them in the beginning of Book III?
(a) Abraham.
(b) Hirz.
(c) Joseph.
(d) Mordecai.

3. What was the dowry agreed upon for Zipporah?
(a) 2,500 Reichsthalers.
(b) 1,000 Reichsthalers.
(c) 1,800 Reichsthalers.
(d) 2,200 Reichsthalers.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Joseph Hameln go to live with after running out of money?

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

3. Who traveled to England but stopped to prosper in Amsterdam in Book III?

4. In her introduction to her memoirs, Gluckel wrote that it was what year?

5. Under whose arm did Gluckel find a sore that was thought to be the plague?

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