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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Swedes take over Altona?
(a) 1658.
(b) 1660.
(c) 1680.
(d) 1665.

2. How much was the dowry of Gluckel's sister?
(a) 2000 Reichsthalers.
(b) 1500 Reichsthalers.
(c) 1200 Reichsthalers.
(d) 1800 Reichsthalers.

3. Who killed Mordecai?
(a) A poacher.
(b) His bride.
(c) His brother.
(d) A farmer.

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

5. Where did a rule exist that caused Jews who died there to forfeit all their possessions?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Leipzig Fair.
(c) Hanover.
(d) Zieg Fair.

6. How old was Gluckel when the Swedes attacked Altona?
(a) 11.
(b) 20.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

7. What was the name of Gluckel's mother?
(a) Hannah.
(b) Ulk.
(c) Bela.
(d) Helga.

8. Gluckel's first husband came from a family of how many children?
(a) 13.
(b) 12.
(c) 9.
(d) 10.

9. What did Gluckel find to be a "dull, shabby hole" in Book II?
(a) Hameln.
(b) Her house.
(c) Hanover.
(d) Her in-law's house.

10. Who was the fifth of Joseph Hameln's children?
(a) Reb Samuel.
(b) Moses.
(c) Yenta.
(d) Reb Isaac.

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

12. Where was Gluckel's maternal grandfather from?
(a) Detmold.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Hanover.
(d) Hameln.

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

14. Who traveled to England but stopped to prosper in Amsterdam in Book III?
(a) Mordecai Cohen and Joseph Hameln.
(b) Chayim Hameln and Loeb Bischere.
(c) Mordecai Cohen and Loeb Bischere.
(d) Abraham Lietz and Loet Bischere.

15. What was the name of Gluckel's aunt name who was orphaned with her mother?
(a) Helga.
(b) Zipporah.
(c) Ulk.
(d) Hannah.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Gluckel's family stop to visit in Hanover in Book III?

2. What did the father bird do to the first bird he was taking across the stream in Gluckel's introduction to her memoirs?

3. When did Gluckel's family return to Hameln?

4. What boarder did Gluckel and her husband send to Poland to do business for them in the beginning of Book III?

5. What was the name of Gluckel's father?

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