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

2. How long did it take for Gluckel to pay off her debts following Chayim's death?
(a) Three years.
(b) Two years.
(c) Six months.
(d) One year.

3. Who was the second money-changer in Altona to disappear?
(a) Abraham Metz.
(b) Samuel Levy.
(c) Joseph Lifshitz.
(d) Aaron ben Moses.

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

5. Who offered to deliver silver to the mint for the Duke of Lorraine in Book VII?
(a) Reb Simeon Hameln.
(b) Samuel Letz.
(c) Abraham Levy.
(d) Moses Rothschild.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Elias' mother?

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

3. Who was Gluckel praying with when Chayim died?

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

5. Gluckel wrote in Book IV: "Love thy God with all thy ____."

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Where did Gluckel's family go for New Year's in Book IV? What did they discover about security there?

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

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

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

9. What arrangements were made for Zipporah's wedding? Where was the wedding?

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

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