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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. How much money was Elias Cleve worth?
(a) 200,000 Reichsthalers.
(b) 50,000 Reichsthalers.
(c) 100,000 Reichsthalers.
(d) 75,000 Reichsthalers.

2. How old was Hendele when she died?
(a) 25.
(b) 65.
(c) 27.
(d) 32.

3. For how long did Gluckel avoid remarrying?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 14 years.
(c) 12 years.
(d) 10 years.

4. What was the agreed dowry for Elias' betrothal?
(a) 30,000 Reichsthalers.
(b) 20,000 Reichsthalers.
(c) 40,000 Reichsthalers.
(d) 50,000 Reichsthalers.

5. Where did Gluckel and Chayim arrive for New Year's in Book IV?
(a) Hanover.
(b) Danzig.
(c) Emden.
(d) Hameln.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long did the Talmud instructor agree to teach and board Joseph in Book V?

2. In Book VI, all of Gluckel's children had married except for Moses and who?

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

4. How long after he married Gluckel did Hirz Levi's business crash?

5. What physician was called to see Chayim after he fell on a sharp stone and was injured?

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. Who are the people in the parable that begins Book IV?

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

5. What led up to Levy's holding an auction in Book VII? How did Gluckel deal with the situation?

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

7. What did Rabbi Samuel Levy do against his father's wishes in Book VII?

8. What medical treatment was sought for Chayim in Book V? Was it helpful?

9. What story does Gluckel tell of Abraham Metz?

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

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