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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Elias betrothed?
(a) 1712.
(b) 1718.
(c) 1715.
(d) 1700.

2. From whom did Chayim secure a passport and bodyguard in Book IV?
(a) General Meitz.
(b) General Stein.
(c) General Buditz.
(d) General Stadthagen.

3. How long after Mata's birth was the plague rumored in Hamburg?
(a) A week.
(b) A month.
(c) A year.
(d) Two weeks.

4. Which of Joseph Hameln's children died at the age of fifty?
(a) Abraham.
(b) Reb Samuel.
(c) Reb Isaac.
(d) Moses.

5. Where was Gluckel born?
(a) Hameln, Gernany.
(b) Danzig, Poland.
(c) Hamburg, Germany.
(d) Hanover, Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. After which holiday does Gluckel's family decide to leave Hamburg in Book III?

2. In her introduction to her memoirs, Gluckel wrote that it was what year?

3. Whose fortune vanishes from lack of supervision in Book II?

4. Who was Hannah betrothed to?

5. In whose service did Rabbi Samuel Levy work?

(see the answer key)

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