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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what language were the diaries originally written?
(a) Hebrew.
(b) French.
(c) German.
(d) Yiddish.

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

3. Where were seed pearls used for jewelry plentiful for trade?
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) Paris.
(c) Danzig.
(d) Berlin.

4. 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) Hirz Lietz.
(b) Moshe Berlin.
(c) Judah Berlin.
(d) Joseph Hameln.

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

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

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

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

9. What did the father bird do to the first bird he was taking across the stream in Gluckel's introduction to her memoirs?
(a) Saved it.
(b) Kissed it.
(c) Abandoned it.
(d) Drowned it.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was Gluckel when the German Jews were forced to leave Hamburg?

3. How did Gluckel's maternal grandfather die?

4. What was the name of Gluckel's mother?

5. How many children did Gluckel bear?

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