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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Gluckel when her first husband died?
(a) 52.
(b) 40.
(c) 45.
(d) 44.

2. Who was the second money-changer in Altona to disappear?
(a) Abraham Metz.
(b) Aaron ben Moses.
(c) Joseph Lifshitz.
(d) Samuel Levy.

3. Who was recommended to Chayim as a Talmud scholar to arbitrate for him in Hildesheim?
(a) Reb Samuel.
(b) Reb Hirsch.
(c) Joseph Ascher.
(d) Reb Ascher.

4. What "provides all we need to find and learn the journey through this world to the next," according to Gluckel in her introduction to the memoirs?
(a) The Bible.
(b) God.
(c) Our parents.
(d) The Torah.

5. Leser met Gluckel on her way to Metz with a letter and a what?
(a) A carriage.
(b) Bread.
(c) A key.
(d) Spice cake.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the wedding of Gluckel's son Moses' take place?

2. Who was the fourth of Joseph Hameln's children?

3. How many Reichsthalers did the richest Jew in Altona own?

4. For how long did Gluckel remain sick following her betrothal to her second husband?

5. In what month did Chayim fall on a sharp stone while on business?

(see the answer key)

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