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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. When did Moses visit Gluckel and see she had to climb many stairs to her room?
(a) 1720.
(b) 1715.
(c) 1700.
(d) 1725.

2. Where did the wedding of Gluckel's son Moses' take place?
(a) Hanover.
(b) Paris.
(c) Amsterdam.
(d) Baiersdorf.

3. Who proposed to Esther, Gluckel's daughter?
(a) Moses Krumbach.
(b) Samuel Hameln.
(c) Levi Hirsch.
(d) Reb Moses.

4. Gluckel wrote in Book IV: "Love thy God with all thy ____."
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Mind.
(c) Heart.
(d) Soul.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In what year was Chayim Hameln laid to rest?

4. In what year was Gluckel's second marriage set?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the moral of the parable that begins Book IV?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How did Gluckel resolve the issues with Esther's betrothal?

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

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