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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. Gluckel wrote in Book IV: "Love thy God with all thy ____."
(a) Mind.
(b) Soul.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Heart.

2. Where did Samuel's daughter live in Book VII?
(a) Bamburg.
(b) Hamburg.
(c) Hanover.
(d) Berlin.

3. What son was Gluckel nursing when she and Chayim visited his parents in Book IV?
(a) Mordecai.
(b) Abraham.
(c) Michael.
(d) Joseph.

4. Where did Loeb Hamburger live?
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) Berlin.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

5. Who moved to Hamburg, where he lost all his money, before moving to Altona to be a money-changer?
(a) Abraham Metz.
(b) Hirz Levy.
(c) Samuel Levy.
(d) Joseph Lifshitz.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Elias betrothed?

2. Who accompanied Gluckel to Frankfort in Book VI?

3. Who was a Talmudic scholar who was helped financially by his father and father-in-law, Abraham Krumbach, in Book VII?

4. Who did Gluckel ask to check her figures for auction so her values were not set too low or too high in Book V?

5. For how long did Gluckel remain sick following her betrothal to her second husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the reasons Gluckel considers remarriage in Book VI?

2. When was Chayim buried? What state of mind was Gluckel in following his death?

3. To whom was Zipporah betrothed and when?

4. How did Gluckel resolve the issues with Esther's betrothal?

5. Where did Gluckel's son Joseph want to study? What happened?

6. Where did Chayim and a group of people contract illness in Book IV? Who was with him?

7. What story does Gluckel tell of Abraham Metz?

8. Where did Gluckel stop on the way to her second wedding? Why?

9. What financial arrangements were made before the marriage of Gluckel to Levy? What was Gluckel's impression of Levy?

10. Why were Levy's children unable to help him during the crash?

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