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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. For how long did the Talmud instructor agree to teach and board Joseph in Book V?
(a) Four years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Two years.
(d) One year.

2. Who did Gluckel ask to check her figures for auction so her values were not set too low or too high in Book V?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Chayim.
(c) Abraham.
(d) Moshe.

3. Who was a Talmudic scholar who was helped financially by his father and father-in-law, Abraham Krumbach, in Book VII?
(a) Rabbi Joseph Hameln.
(b) Rabbi Samuel Levy.
(c) Rabbi Abraham Levy.
(d) Rabbi Simeon Hirsch.

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

5. How old was Gluckel when she married her second husband?
(a) 50.
(b) 52.
(c) 45.
(d) 54.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whose son was Zipporah proposed to marry in Book IV?

2. Who died while Gluckel was in Metz in Book VII?

3. Whose house did Gluckel move into when Isai Willstadt returned to Metz?

4. With whom did the King of France grow bitter in Book VII?

5. Gluckel received less than how much of the money she was owed by her marriage contract, following Levy's death?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What story does Gluckel tell of Abraham Metz?

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

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

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