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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. To whom was Gluckel's sister betrothed?
(a) Reb Anders.
(b) Reb Gumpel.
(c) Reb Heinz.
(d) Moshe Sneider.

2. Who fell upon hard times in Poland who was helped by Joseph until being enticed by unfulfilled promises in Hameln?
(a) Samuel Cleves.
(b) Solomon Gans.
(c) Hirz Letz.
(d) Abraham Hameln.

3. Where was Gluckel's sister's fiance from?
(a) Hanover.
(b) Letz.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Cleves.

4. After which holiday does Gluckel's family decide to leave Hamburg in Book III?
(a) Passover.
(b) Hannukah.
(c) New Year's.
(d) Yom Kippur.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Gluckel's first husband die?

2. Where did a rule exist that caused Jews who died there to forfeit all their possessions?

3. Where were seed pearls used for jewelry plentiful for trade?

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

5. How old was Mata when she died?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who are the eldest of Chayim's siblings described in Book II?

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

5. Who was Judah Berlin? How is he introduced in Book III?

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

7. What is revealed of Gluckel's later life in the Introduction?

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

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

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

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