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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Gluckel's maternal grandfather die?
(a) Flood.
(b) Starvation.
(c) Fire.
(d) Plague.

2. Who did Gluckel's family stop to visit in Hanover in Book III?
(a) Abraham Hameln.
(b) Joshua Hameln.
(c) Joseph Hameln.
(d) Moshe Hameln.

3. What was the dowry agreed upon for Zipporah?
(a) 2,200 Reichsthalers.
(b) 1,000 Reichsthalers.
(c) 2,500 Reichsthalers.
(d) 1,800 Reichsthalers.

4. How long did Gluckel and Chayim stay with his parents in Book IV?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) One year.
(c) Two months.
(d) One month.

5. In her introduction to her memoirs, Gluckel recommended to her children that they be honest with both Jews and Gentiles in what?
(a) War.
(b) All matters.
(c) Money and goods.
(d) Religion.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Gluckel and Chayim go after Hameln?

3. With whom did Gluckel's family form a partnership only to dissolve it a year later because he did not put up the money agreed upon?

4. What did Gluckel's father trade?

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

(see the answer key)

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