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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Chayim ask to recommend a Talmud scholar to arbitrate for him in Hildesheim?
(a) Abraham.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Isaac.
(d) Samuel.

2. Gluckel wrote in Book III that Judah brought them nothing, but now has how many Reichsthalers?
(a) 200,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 40,000.

3. How old was Gluckel when she died?
(a) 65.
(b) 72.
(c) 95.
(d) 78.

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

5. Who was the fourth eldest of Joseph Hameln's siblings?
(a) Abraham.
(b) Moses.
(c) Reb Samuel.
(d) Joseph.

6. How many children did Gluckel bear?
(a) 14.
(b) 11.
(c) 12.
(d) 16.

7. To whom was Yenta Hameln betrothed?
(a) Hirz Letz.
(b) Solomon Gans.
(c) Abraham Letz.
(d) Samuel Cleves.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did a rule exist that caused Jews who died there to forfeit all their possessions?

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

3. 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?

4. Where did Gluckel and Chayim go after Hameln?

5. In what year did Gluckel's first husband die?

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