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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) Samuel.
(b) Hirschel.
(c) Hirz.
(d) Abraham.

2. Gluckel received less than how much of the money she was owed by her marriage contract, following Levy's death?
(a) One-third.
(b) One-half.
(c) One-tenth.
(d) One-fourth.

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

4. Where did Loeb Hamburger live?
(a) London.
(b) Paris.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Amsterdam.

5. What was the value of the goods that Gluckel took from Loeb's business for his debt to her in Book V?
(a) 2,000 Reichsthalers.
(b) 1,000 Reichsthalers.
(c) 5,000 Reichsthalers.
(d) 3,000 Reichsthalers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Gluckel's son Joseph want to study the Talmud?

2. What did the burgher have hidden in his ship in Gluckel's story in Book IV?

3. In whose service did Rabbi Samuel Levy work?

4. In what month did Chayim fall on a sharp stone while on business?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. To whom was Zipporah betrothed and when?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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