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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From whom did Gluckel receive secular education?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her cousins.

2. How old was Gluckel when the German Jews were forced to leave Hamburg?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

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

4. How old was Gluckel when she was betrothed?
(a) 14.
(b) 16.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

5. Who was the second richest Altona Jew?
(a) Chayim Hameln.
(b) Lob Pinkerle.
(c) Chayim Furst.
(d) Alexander Hurst.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Gluckel's mother?

2. How much was the dowry of Gluckel's sister?

3. Where was Gluckel's sister's fiance from?

4. What "provides all we need to find and learn the journey through this world to the next," according to Gluckel in her introduction to the memoirs?

5. How did Gluckel's maternal grandfather die?

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