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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Gluckel stop after Moses' wedding on her way to Metz?
(a) Bamberg.
(b) Hanover.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Amsterdam.

2. How old was Miriam when Gluckel remarried?
(a) 12.
(b) 11.
(c) 14.
(d) 9.

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

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

5. From whom did Gluckel hear that Loeb was good in his business practices in Book V?
(a) Abraham Levy.
(b) Hirschel Ries.
(c) Samuel Hirsch.
(d) Hirz Levy.

6. How long after Hendele's wedding did she die?
(a) 4 weeks.
(b) 5 weeks.
(c) 12 weeks.
(d) 17 weeks.

7. Who accompanied Gluckel to Frankfort in Book VI?
(a) Abraham.
(b) Chayim.
(c) Samuel.
(d) Hirz.

8. Who helped Levy after the crash and then became one of the richest men in the community in Book VII?
(a) Abraham Loeb.
(b) Joseph Hameln.
(c) Moses Krumbach
(d) Abraham Levy.

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

10. Gluckel wrote in Book IV: "Love thy God with all thy ____."
(a) Mind.
(b) Soul.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Heart.

11. Where did Gluckel and Chayim arrive for New Year's in Book IV?
(a) Emden.
(b) Hanover.
(c) Hameln.
(d) Danzig.

12. Which of the five Jews warned by the King of France remained in Lorraine?
(a) Isai and Jacob.
(b) Isai and Chayim.
(c) Jacob and Moses.
(d) Samuel and Moses.

13. Who did Gluckel ask to check her figures for auction so her values were not set too low or too high in Book V?
(a) Moshe.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Abraham.
(d) Chayim.

14. Where did the wedding of Gluckel's son Moses' take place?
(a) Paris.
(b) Baiersdorf.
(c) Hanover.
(d) Amsterdam.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money did Joseph Hameln have when Chayim and Gluckel visited in Book IV?

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

3. Who was a Talmudic scholar who was helped financially by his father and father-in-law, Abraham Krumbach, in Book VII?

4. How long after he married Gluckel did Hirz Levi's business crash?

5. Who was Gluckel praying with when Chayim died?

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