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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. In what year was Gluckel betrothed to her second husband?
(a) 1699.
(b) 1700.
(c) 1703.
(d) 1702.

2. Where did Gluckel take Esther and Nathan to resolve their betrothal in Book V?
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) Hanover.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Paris.

3. Who did Gluckel ask to keep an eye on Loeb since he knew little business while in Berlin?
(a) Abraham.
(b) Hirschel.
(c) Hirz.
(d) Samuel.

4. Who brokered the marriage of Zipporah?
(a) Hannah Goldman.
(b) Loeb Hamburger.
(c) Leffman Behrens.
(d) Alexander Lietz.

5. What was a citizen in Norway called?
(a) A burgher.
(b) A Gentile.
(c) A Dane.
(d) A Goy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the value of the goods that Gluckel took from Loeb's business for his debt to her in Book V?

2. How much money did Gluckel discover she owed after Chayim's death?

3. Who was Elias' mother?

4. Who was Hannah betrothed to?

5. Who helped Levy after the crash and then became one of the richest men in the community in Book VII?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did Gluckel officially become betrothed to her second husband? When and where was she married?

2. How did Gluckel hear of Levy's availability? Whom did she consult?

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

4. What money did Gluckel receive after Levy's death? How were her finances in her final years?

5. What did Gluckel discover about Loeb's business and finances in Book V?

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

7. Where did Gluckel's family go to visit Chayim's parents in Book IV? What were they like?

8. Who died following Gluckel's wedding in Book VII? Who was his widow?

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

10. What story does Gluckel tell of Abraham Metz?

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