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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. What did Gluckel find to be a "dull, shabby hole" in Book II?
(a) Hameln.
(b) Her in-law's house.
(c) Hanover.
(d) Her house.

2. Who was the third eldest of Joseph Hameln's siblings?
(a) Moses.
(b) Yenta.
(c) Joseph.
(d) Abraham.

3. Who wrote the introduction to the book?
(a) Robert S. Rosen.
(b) Chaim Rosenwald.
(c) Stephen Schultz.
(d) Andrew Rosen.

4. Where did Gluckel's family go when the Jews were expelled from her hometown?
(a) Hameln.
(b) Danzig.
(c) Altona.
(d) Hanover.

5. Who did Yenta marry after the death of her husband?
(a) Gans.
(b) Cleves.
(c) Leffmann.
(d) Hameln.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Judah Berlin's uncle?

2. In what language were the diaries originally written?

3. Gluckel's first husband came from a family of how many children?

4. What did Gluckel's father trade?

5. How many children did Gluckel and her first husband have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Gluckel stay after her wedding in Book II?

2. What does the Introduction say about the value of The Memoirs of Gluckel of Hameln as a historical artifact?

3. What did Gluckel write of "preaching" in Book I? Did she?

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

5. What different publications of the narrative are discussed in the Introduction?

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

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

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

9. What does the Introduction say about Gluckel's achievements as a woman?

10. What were the families in Altona like? When and why did Gluckel's family return to Hamburg?

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