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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Heritage.
(c) Moralistic.
(d) Autobiographical.

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

3. What was the name of Gluckel's father?
(a) Lob Pinkerle.
(b) Joseph Hameln.
(c) Chayim Hameln.
(d) Joseph Pinkerle.

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

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

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

7. What boarder did Gluckel and her husband send to Poland to do business for them in the beginning of Book III?
(a) Mordecai.
(b) Abraham.
(c) Joseph.
(d) Hirz.

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

9. Whose fortune vanishes from lack of supervision in Book II?
(a) Sussmann Gans'.
(b) Samuel Cleves'.
(c) Hirz Letz's.
(d) Abraham Hameln's.

10. Who was the ninth of Joseph Hameln's children?
(a) Hannah.
(b) Chayim.
(c) Moses.
(d) Abraham.

11. How many wedding guests traveled to Gluckel's wedding in addition to Gluckel's parents?
(a) 10.
(b) 30.
(c) 50.
(d) 20.

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

13. Where did Gluckel's family decide to go after the plague was rumored in Hamburg?
(a) Danzig.
(b) Aster.
(c) Hameln.
(d) Hanover.

14. Who was the second richest Altona Jew?
(a) Alexander Hurst.
(b) Lob Pinkerle.
(c) Chayim Furst.
(d) Chayim Hameln.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the fifth of Joseph Hameln's children?

2. Who was the third eldest of Joseph Hameln's siblings?

3. Where did Joseph Hameln move to await word to return to the Promised Land?

4. How many children did Gluckel and her first husband have?

5. Where did Gluckel's family go when the Jews were expelled from her hometown?

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