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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) Berlin.
(b) Hanover.
(c) Hildesheim.
(d) Hameln.

2. Who was the sixth of Joseph Hameln's children?
(a) Hannah.
(b) Esther.
(c) Hendele.
(d) Bela.

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

4. How many wedding guests traveled to Gluckel's wedding in addition to Gluckel's parents?
(a) 50.
(b) 10.
(c) 20.
(d) 30.

5. Who was the eighth of Joseph Hameln's children?
(a) Hannah.
(b) Yenta.
(c) Moses.
(d) Abraham.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Gluckel born?

2. Life in Hamburg was granted at the mercy of whom?

3. Where did Joseph Hameln set up Yenta and his bride?

4. How old was Mata when she died?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What dangerous situation did Chayim encounter while in business in Book III? How did this lead to business with Judah?

5. Where did Gluckel travel and why, according to the Introduction?

6. Who attended Gluckel's wedding? How were they transported?

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

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

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

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

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