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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the burgher have hidden in his ship in Gluckel's story in Book IV?
(a) Fur.
(b) Diamonds.
(c) Gold.
(d) Francs.

3. How long did it take for Gluckel to pay off her debts following Chayim's death?
(a) Two years.
(b) Six months.
(c) Three years.
(d) One year.

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

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

6. Who was the second money-changer in Altona to disappear?
(a) Samuel Levy.
(b) Joseph Lifshitz.
(c) Aaron ben Moses.
(d) Abraham Metz.

7. For how long did Gluckel remain sick following her betrothal to her second husband?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) Two months.
(d) Two weeks

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

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

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

11. 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) Joseph.
(b) Moshe.
(c) Chayim.
(d) Abraham.

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

13. In what year was Chayim Hameln laid to rest?
(a) 1689.
(b) 1691.
(c) 1694.
(d) 1690.

14. Who was Hannah betrothed to?
(a) Samuel.
(b) Chayim.
(c) Abraham.
(d) Hirz.

15. Who did Gluckel and Chayim visit for New Year's in Book IV?
(a) Abraham Hameln.
(b) Joseph Hameln.
(c) Abraham Stadthagen.
(d) Moshe Stadthagen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helped Levy after the crash and then became one of the richest men in the community in Book VII?

2. To whose son was Zipporah proposed to marry in Book IV?

3. 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?

4. What was a citizen in Norway called?

5. Where did Gluckel take Esther and Nathan to resolve their betrothal in Book V?

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