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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 did it cost Joseph Hameln to stay in Hildesheim for five more years in Book IV?
(a) 10,000 Reichsthalers.
(b) 18,000 Reichsthalers.
(c) 1,000 Reichsthalers.
(d) 20,000 Reichsthalers.

2. When did Gluckel's son Moses marry?
(a) 1695.
(b) 1698.
(c) 1685.
(d) 1702.

3. How long after he married Gluckel did Hirz Levi's business crash?
(a) Two years.
(b) One year.
(c) Eight months.
(d) Six months.

4. What did the burgher have hidden in his ship in Gluckel's story in Book IV?
(a) Fur.
(b) Francs.
(c) Gold.
(d) Diamonds.

5. When was Elias betrothed?
(a) 1715.
(b) 1700.
(c) 1718.
(d) 1712.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Gluckel take Esther and Nathan to resolve their betrothal in Book V?

2. How long after Hendele's wedding did she die?

3. Which of the five Jews warned by the King of France returned to Metz?

4. How old was Gluckel when she married her second husband?

5. From whom did Chayim secure a passport and bodyguard in Book IV?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did the King of France warn the Jews in Lorraine in Book VII? What did the Jews do?

3. What story does Gluckel tell of Abraham Metz?

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

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

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

7. How did Chayim injure himself in Book V? When and what happened?

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

9. Who was Reb Moses? What interaction did he have with the family in Book IV?

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

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