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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Elias Cleve's widow, whom Gluckel wrote of meeting with in Book V?
(a) Hannah Miriam.
(b) Frau Miriam.
(c) Sarah Krumbach.
(d) Zipporah Krumbach.

2. In what month did Chayim fall on a sharp stone while on business?
(a) March.
(b) January.
(c) July.
(d) April.

3. How far in the future was Zipporah's wedding set in Book IV?
(a) Three years.
(b) One and a half years.
(c) Two and a half years.
(d) Two years.

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

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

6. Who was expelled from Helmstadt for being a Jew in Book IV?
(a) Reb Moses.
(b) Reb Samuel.
(c) Joseph Hameln.
(d) Moshe Stadthagen.

7. Who proposed to Esther, Gluckel's daughter?
(a) Moses Krumbach.
(b) Levi Hirsch.
(c) Samuel Hameln.
(d) Reb Moses.

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

9. What was the value of the goods that Gluckel took from Loeb's business for his debt to her in Book V?
(a) 5,000 Reichsthalers.
(b) 1,000 Reichsthalers.
(c) 3,000 Reichsthalers.
(d) 2,000 Reichsthalers.

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

11. Which of the five Jews warned by the King of France returned to Metz?
(a) Samuel and Joseph.
(b) Isai and Chayim.
(c) Jacob and Joseph.
(d) Isai and Jacob.

12. How old was Hendele when she died?
(a) 32.
(b) 27.
(c) 25.
(d) 65.

13. How long had it been since Gluckel and Chayim had seen Chayim's parents in Book IV?
(a) 12 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 20 years.

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

15. Leser met Gluckel on her way to Metz with a letter and a what?
(a) A carriage.
(b) Bread.
(c) A key.
(d) Spice cake.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Gluckel's son Joseph want to study the Talmud?

2. Who was Hannah betrothed to?

3. Who was the second money-changer in Altona to disappear?

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

5. What physician was called to see Chayim after he fell on a sharp stone and was injured?

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