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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Our parents.
(b) The Bible.
(c) God.
(d) The Torah.

2. In what year did Gluckel remarry?
(a) 1695.
(b) 1700.
(c) 1712.
(d) 1705.

3. What did Gluckel's father trade?
(a) Salt.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Precious stones.
(d) Tea and spices.

4. When did the Swedes take over Altona?
(a) 1660.
(b) 1665.
(c) 1680.
(d) 1658.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Gluckel's family return to Hameln?

2. How did Gluckel's maternal grandfather die?

3. How many of Gluckel's children were still living at home when her first husband died?

4. Life in Hamburg was granted at the mercy of whom?

5. Memoirs of Gluckel of Hameln takes place beginning in what year?

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