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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children did Gluckel bear?
(a) 16.
(b) 11.
(c) 12.
(d) 14.

2. What did Bela's mother make and sell before she married?
(a) Buttons.
(b) Gold and silver lace.
(c) Ladies' gloves.
(d) Wool scarves.

3. Who was the fourth eldest of Joseph Hameln's siblings?
(a) Abraham.
(b) Reb Samuel.
(c) Joseph.
(d) Moses.

4. Who was recommended to Chayim as a Talmud scholar to arbitrate for him in Hildesheim?
(a) Reb Samuel.
(b) Joseph Ascher.
(c) Reb Hirsch.
(d) Reb Ascher.

5. What did the father bird do to the first bird he was taking across the stream in Gluckel's introduction to her memoirs?
(a) Abandoned it.
(b) Drowned it.
(c) Kissed it.
(d) Saved it.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what language were the diaries originally written?

2. When did the Swedes take over Altona?

3. Who does Gluckel write lived in Amsterdam with 20,000 Reichsthalers in Book III?

4. Who did Chayim ask to recommend a Talmud scholar to arbitrate for him in Hildesheim?

5. Who was the seventh of Joseph Hameln's children?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does the Introduction give for Gluckel writing the memoirs?

2. Why did Gluckel's family leave Hamburg when she was young?

3. Whom did Chayim send an escort for Gluckel in Book III?

4. Who was Yenta and to whom was she betrothed?

5. Who were the youngest of Joseph Hameln's children?

6. What were the living conditions like when Gluckel's family returned to Hamburg?

7. Where did Gluckel's early years take place, according to the Introduction?

8. To whom was Gluckel's sister betrothed? What was her father's position on the dowry?

9. What value did jewels hold in the 17th Century? How did this affect Chayim's business?

10. Where did Jacob stop along the route in Book III?

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