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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Gluckel's son Loeb died before he was how old?
(a) 34.
(b) 36.
(c) 32.
(d) 28.

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

8. Who was a Talmudic scholar who was helped financially by his father and father-in-law, Abraham Krumbach, in Book VII?
(a) Rabbi Abraham Levy.
(b) Rabbi Joseph Hameln.
(c) Rabbi Simeon Hirsch.
(d) Rabbi Samuel Levy.

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

10. Where did Loeb Hamburger live?
(a) London.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Paris.
(d) Amsterdam.

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

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

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

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

15. Which brother of Chayim's came to pray for him after he was injured from falling in Book V?
(a) Reb Samuel.
(b) Abraham.
(c) Joseph.
(d) Moshe.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Gluckel and Chayim arrive for New Year's in Book IV?

3. Which of the five Jews warned by the King of France remained in Lorraine?

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

5. In what year was Gluckel betrothed to her second husband?

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