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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Gluckel's family go when the Jews were expelled from her hometown?
(a) Altona.
(b) Danzig.
(c) Hanover.
(d) Hameln.

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

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

4. What was the name of Gluckel's sister?
(a) Hendele.
(b) Zipporah.
(c) Hannah.
(d) Margaret.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the richest Altona Jew?

2. What was the vocation of Gluckel's second husband?

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

4. When was Memoirs of Gluckel of Hameln published in its current edition?

5. In what year did Gluckel remarry?

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