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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. Where did Joseph Hameln move to await word to return to the Promised Land?
(a) Hameln.
(b) Hanover.
(c) Hildesheim.
(d) Berlin.

2. How many Reichsthalers did the richest Jew in Altona own?
(a) 30,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 20,000.

3. Who nursed Chayim Hameln back to health when he was ill at the fair?
(a) Moshe Berlin.
(b) Gluckel Hameln.
(c) Joseph Hameln.
(d) Judah Berlin.

4. Where was Gluckel's maternal grandfather from?
(a) Detmold.
(b) Hameln.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Hanover.

5. Where did Gluckel and Chayim go after Hameln?
(a) Warsaw.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Danzig.
(d) Hamburg.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Joseph Hameln's children died at the age of fifty?

2. Who fell upon hard times in Poland who was helped by Joseph until being enticed by unfulfilled promises in Hameln?

3. When was Memoirs of Gluckel of Hameln published in its current edition?

4. Who was the eldest of Joseph Hameln's siblings?

5. How many of Gluckel's children were still living at home when her first husband died?

Short Essay Questions

1. What examples did Gluckel give of her father taking in others into his home?

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

3. What arrived in Hanover to transport the wedding party in Book II? How did Chayim's father handle the situation?

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

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

6. What did Gluckel write by way of introduction to the memoirs in Book I? Whom did she address?

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

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

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

10. Who was Sabbatai Zevi? What impact did he have on the Jews?

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