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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who brokered the marriage of Zipporah?
(a) Hannah Goldman.
(b) Leffman Behrens.
(c) Loeb Hamburger.
(d) Alexander Lietz.

2. With whom did the King of France grow bitter in Book VII?
(a) The Kaiser.
(b) The Dictator of Russia.
(c) The King of England.
(d) The King of Prussia.

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

4. Who was Gluckel praying with when Chayim died?
(a) Abraham Levi.
(b) Moshe Lifishitz.
(c) Feibisch Levi.
(d) Joseph Hamil.

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

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

7. Where was Gluckel's second marriage set to take place?
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) Levi.
(c) Metz.
(d) Berlin.

8. In what year was Gluckel's second marriage set?
(a) 1699.
(b) 1700.
(c) 1702.
(d) 1701.

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

10. What son was Gluckel nursing when she and Chayim visited his parents in Book IV?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Michael.
(c) Mordecai.
(d) Abraham.

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

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

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

14. Where did Gluckel and Chayim go to see his parents in Book IV?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Hildesheim.
(c) Hameln.
(d) Hanover.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long did Gluckel remain sick following her betrothal to her second husband?

2. Who did Gluckel ask to check her figures for auction so her values were not set too low or too high in Book V?

3. How long did Gluckel and Chayim stay with his parents in Book IV?

4. 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?

5. How long after Hendele's wedding did she die?

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