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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Gluckel's mother?
(a) Ulk.
(b) Bela.
(c) Hannah.
(d) Helga.

2. To whom was Gluckel's sister betrothed?
(a) Reb Gumpel.
(b) Reb Heinz.
(c) Moshe Sneider.
(d) Reb Anders.

3. In what year did Gluckel's first husband die?
(a) 1692.
(b) 1684.
(c) 1689.
(d) 1720.

4. When was Memoirs of Gluckel of Hameln published in its current edition?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1785.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1932.

5. What did the father bird do to the first bird he was taking across the stream in Gluckel's introduction to her memoirs?
(a) Saved it.
(b) Kissed it.
(c) Abandoned it.
(d) Drowned it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Mata when she died?

2. When did the Swedes take over Altona?

3. Who first published Gluckel's memoirs in 1896?

4. Who was the second richest Altona Jew?

5. Under whose rule did the Jews settle in Altona?

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