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

2. What was the name of Judah Berlin's uncle?
(a) Lietz.
(b) Rothman.
(c) Steiner.
(d) Leffmann.

3. What was the name of Gluckel's mother?
(a) Ulk.
(b) Bela.
(c) Hannah.
(d) Helga.

4. In her introduction to her memoirs, what kind of book did Gluckel write that she had no intention of writing because there were already many of them?
(a) Heritage.
(b) Autobiographical.
(c) Literary.
(d) Moralistic.

5. What was the name of Gluckel's aunt name who was orphaned with her mother?
(a) Zipporah.
(b) Helga.
(c) Hannah.
(d) Ulk.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Gluckel and Chayim stay in Hameln after marrying?

2. What was the name of Gluckel's sister?

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

4. Who turned out to be a Messianic pretender?

5. When did the Swedes take over Altona?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Lob Pinkerle? Describe this individual.

3. What plague scare happened in Gluckel's family?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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