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

2. Where did Hendele marry?
(a) Paris.
(b) Amsterdam.
(c) Hanover.
(d) Berlin.

3. Who helped Levy after the crash and then became one of the richest men in the community in Book VII?
(a) Moses Krumbach
(b) Abraham Loeb.
(c) Joseph Hameln.
(d) Abraham Levy.

4. What was the chest full of that Gluckel's second husband showed her after their marriage?
(a) Diaries.
(b) Furs.
(c) Money.
(d) Jewels.

5. How long after Hendele's wedding did she die?
(a) 4 weeks.
(b) 17 weeks.
(c) 5 weeks.
(d) 12 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the agreed dowry for Elias' betrothal?

2. Who brokered the marriage of Zipporah?

3. From whom did Gluckel hear that Loeb was good in his business practices in Book V?

4. Where was Gluckel's second marriage set to take place?

5. Who was the second money-changer in Altona to disappear?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What feelings of guilt does Gluckel describe in the beginning of Book VI?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How did Gluckel work through her debts following Chayim's death? Whom did she ask for help?

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

10. To whom was Zipporah betrothed and when?

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