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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Gluckel and Chayim go after Hameln?
(a) Danzig.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Hamburg.
(d) Warsaw.

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

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

4. How old was Mata when she died?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

5. In her introduction to her memoirs, what kind of book did Gluckel write that she had no intention of writing because there were already many of them?
(a) Literary.
(b) Autobiographical.
(c) Moralistic.
(d) Heritage.

6. How many Reichsthalers did the richest Jew in Altona own?
(a) 30,000.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 100,000.

7. Who was the fourth of Joseph Hameln's children?
(a) Yenta.
(b) Abraham.
(c) Moses.
(d) Reb Samuel.

8. How many of Gluckel's children were still living at home when her first husband died?
(a) 9.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 8.

9. How old was Gluckel when she was married?
(a) 17.
(b) 16.
(c) 15.
(d) 14.

10. Who was the sixth of Joseph Hameln's children?
(a) Bela.
(b) Hannah.
(c) Esther.
(d) Hendele.

11. 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) Our parents.
(b) The Torah.
(c) God.
(d) The Bible.

12. How old was Gluckel when she was betrothed?
(a) 15.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 16.

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

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

15. Who was the third eldest of Joseph Hameln's siblings?
(a) Moses.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Yenta.
(d) Abraham.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children did Gluckel bear?

2. Where was Gluckel's sister's fiance from?

3. What did Bela's mother make and sell before she married?

4. For how long did Judah Berlin take the Danzig assignment?

5. Who became pregnant at the same time that Gluckel did with her first child?

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