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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who hosted the inn where Gluckel stayed with during her son Moses' wedding?
(a) Samson Baiersdorf .
(b) Abraham Levy.
(c) Hirz Levi.
(d) Samuel Stein.

2. Where did Gluckel's son Joseph want to study the Talmud?
(a) Lissa.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Hamburg.
(d) Hanover.

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

4. When was Elias betrothed?
(a) 1712.
(b) 1715.
(c) 1718.
(d) 1700.

5. What was the agreed dowry for Elias' betrothal?
(a) 40,000 Reichsthalers.
(b) 20,000 Reichsthalers.
(c) 50,000 Reichsthalers.
(d) 30,000 Reichsthalers.

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

7. Who brought Moses to meet with Gluckel, Esther, and Nathan in Book V?
(a) Samuel Lifshitz.
(b) Reb Abraham Levinson.
(c) Moshe Levinson.
(d) Abraham Krumbach.

8. Who did Gluckel ask to keep an eye on Loeb since he knew little business while in Berlin?
(a) Abraham.
(b) Hirschel.
(c) Samuel.
(d) Hirz.

9. How old was Zipporah when a marriage was proposed?
(a) Almost 14.
(b) Almost 12.
(c) Almost 11.
(d) Almost 13.

10. In what year was Gluckel betrothed to her second husband?
(a) 1702.
(b) 1700.
(c) 1703.
(d) 1699.

11. Who wrote to tell Gluckel that Hirz Levy was widowed?
(a) Abraham Krumbach.
(b) Samuel Loeb.
(c) Moses Krumbach.
(d) Hirchel Loeb.

12. Who did Joseph Hameln go to live with after running out of money?
(a) Abraham Schneider.
(b) Leffmann Behrens.
(c) Hannah Goldman.
(d) Alexander Lietz.

13. Where did Gluckel discover that Loeb had debts due?
(a) Hanover Fair.
(b) Brunswick Fair.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Levin Fair.

14. How many years were Chayim and Gluckel married?
(a) 34.
(b) 30.
(c) 35.
(d) 32.

15. 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) 18,000 Reichsthalers.
(d) 20,000 Reichsthalers.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long did the Talmud instructor agree to teach and board Joseph in Book V?

2. On what date was Chayim Hameln laid to rest?

3. Where was Gluckel's second marriage set to take place?

4. Whose house did Gluckel move into when Isai Willstadt returned to Metz?

5. With whom did the King of France grow bitter in Book VII?

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