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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Money and goods.
(c) Religion.
(d) All matters.

2. Under whose arm did Gluckel find a sore that was thought to be the plague?
(a) Chayim's.
(b) Hanna's.
(c) Zipporah's.
(d) Abraham's.

3. How many wedding guests traveled to Gluckel's wedding in addition to Gluckel's parents?
(a) 30.
(b) 10.
(c) 50.
(d) 20.

4. What was the value of the goods that Gluckel took from Loeb's business for his debt to her in Book V?
(a) 5,000 Reichsthalers.
(b) 1,000 Reichsthalers.
(c) 2,000 Reichsthalers.
(d) 3,000 Reichsthalers.

5. Who was Gluckel's maternal grandfather?
(a) Reb Gumpel.
(b) Joseph Hameln.
(c) Levi Stein.
(d) Nathan Melrich.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Gluckel born?

2. Who was the second eldest of Joseph Hameln's siblings?

3. From whom did Chayim secure a passport and bodyguard in Book IV?

4. Who moved to Hamburg, where he lost all his money, before moving to Altona to be a money-changer?

5. Gluckel wrote in Book III that Judah brought them nothing, but now has how many Reichsthalers?

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