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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Gluckel's son Moses marry?
(a) 1695.
(b) 1698.
(c) 1702.
(d) 1685.

2. Of whom did Gluckel write in order to explain that a man can mean well but end in folly, as a parable of her marriage to Levy?
(a) King Herod.
(b) King Jedijah.
(c) Moses.
(d) Judah.

3. How much money was Elias Cleve worth?
(a) 200,000 Reichsthalers.
(b) 100,000 Reichsthalers.
(c) 75,000 Reichsthalers.
(d) 50,000 Reichsthalers.

4. From where did the King of France forbid the import or export of money in Book VII?
(a) Britain.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Amsterdam.
(d) Lorraine.

5. How long did Gluckel and Chayim stay with his parents in Book IV?
(a) One month.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) One year.
(d) Two months.

6. To whose son was Zipporah proposed to marry in Book IV?
(a) Alexander Lietz.
(b) Loeb Hamburger.
(c) Elias Cleve.
(d) Leffman Behrens.

7. How much money did Gluckel discover she owed after Chayim's death?
(a) 10,000 Reichsthalers.
(b) 25,000 Reichsthalers.
(c) 20,000 Reichsthalers.
(d) 5,000 Reichsthalers.

8. Where did Samuel's daughter live in Book VII?
(a) Hamburg.
(b) Hanover.
(c) Bamburg.
(d) Berlin.

9. On what date was Chayim Hameln laid to rest?
(a) March 23.
(b) January 31.
(c) January 16.
(d) July 7.

10. Whose house did Gluckel move into when Isai Willstadt returned to Metz?
(a) Abraham Levy's.
(b) Moshe Stevens'.
(c) Moses Hameln's.
(d) Jacob Marburg's.

11. For how long did Gluckel avoid remarrying?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 14 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 12 years.

12. How much money did it cost Joseph Hameln to stay in Hildesheim for five more years in Book IV?
(a) 10,000 Reichsthalers.
(b) 1,000 Reichsthalers.
(c) 20,000 Reichsthalers.
(d) 18,000 Reichsthalers.

13. Who offered to deliver silver to the mint for the Duke of Lorraine in Book VII?
(a) Reb Simeon Hameln.
(b) Abraham Levy.
(c) Samuel Letz.
(d) Moses Rothschild.

14. What was the dowry agreed upon for Zipporah?
(a) 2,500 Reichsthalers.
(b) 1,000 Reichsthalers.
(c) 1,800 Reichsthalers.
(d) 2,200 Reichsthalers.

15. In whose service did Rabbi Samuel Levy work?
(a) Duke of Berlin.
(b) Duke of Lorraine.
(c) Duke of Hanover.
(d) Duke of Bamburg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the agreed dowry for Elias' betrothal?

2. How old was Hendele when she died?

3. Who was Gluckel praying with when Chayim died?

4. Gluckel's son Loeb died before he was how old?

5. In what year was Gluckel's second marriage set?

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