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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who first published Gluckel's memoirs in 1896?
(a) Alexander Hameln.
(b) David Kaufmann.
(c) Samuel Hameln.
(d) Chayim Kaufman.

2. For how long did Judah Berlin take the Danzig assignment?
(a) Two years.
(b) Six months.
(c) Three years.
(d) One year.

3. How many children did Gluckel and her first husband have?
(a) 10.
(b) 9.
(c) 13.
(d) 15.

4. To whom was Gluckel's sister betrothed?
(a) Reb Anders.
(b) Reb Gumpel.
(c) Reb Heinz.
(d) Moshe Sneider.

5. What did Bela's mother make and sell before she married?
(a) Gold and silver lace.
(b) Wool scarves.
(c) Ladies' gloves.
(d) Buttons.

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

7. Who was the eldest of Joseph Hameln's siblings?
(a) Noah.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Moses.
(d) Jacob.

8. 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?
(a) Joseph Hameln.
(b) Judah Berlin.
(c) Hirz Lietz.
(d) Moshe Berlin.

9. In what year did Gluckel complete her diaries?
(a) 1716.
(b) 1720.
(c) 1702.
(d) 1719.

10. How old was Mata when she died?
(a) 76.
(b) 34.
(c) 74.
(d) 78.

11. In what year did Gluckel remarry?
(a) 1705.
(b) 1695.
(c) 1712.
(d) 1700.

12. After which holiday does Gluckel's family decide to leave Hamburg in Book III?
(a) New Year's.
(b) Hannukah.
(c) Yom Kippur.
(d) Passover.

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

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

15. Who did Yenta marry after the death of her husband?
(a) Hameln.
(b) Leffmann.
(c) Cleves.
(d) Gans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Gluckel's family decide to go after the plague was rumored in Hamburg?

2. Where did Gluckel's parents stop on their way to Hameln at Gluckel's wedding?

3. What was the name of Chayim Hameln's father?

4. How old was Gluckel when she died?

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

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