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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Gluckel's maternal grandfather from?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Hanover.
(c) Hameln.
(d) Detmold.

2. Who was the richest Altona Jew?
(a) Chayim Furst.
(b) Joseph Hameln.
(c) Chayim Hameln.
(d) Alexander Hurst.

3. How many children did Gluckel bear?
(a) 11.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

4. In what year did Gluckel complete her diaries?
(a) 1720.
(b) 1702.
(c) 1716.
(d) 1719.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the name of Chayim Hameln's father?

3. From whom did Gluckel receive secular education?

4. Gluckel's first husband came from a family of how many children?

5. In her introduction to her memoirs, what kind of book did Gluckel write that she had no intention of writing because there were already many of them?

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