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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. Where did Gluckel's son Joseph want to study the Talmud?
(a) Hamburg.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Lissa.
(d) Hanover.

2. For how long did Gluckel remain sick following her betrothal to her second husband?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) Two months.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Two weeks

3. What was a citizen in Norway called?
(a) A Goy.
(b) A Gentile.
(c) A burgher.
(d) A Dane.

4. From where did the King of France forbid the import or export of money in Book VII?
(a) Britain.
(b) Amsterdam.
(c) Lorraine.
(d) Berlin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long did the Talmud instructor agree to teach and board Joseph in Book V?

2. For how long did Gluckel avoid remarrying?

3. Who accompanied Gluckel to Frankfort in Book VI?

4. Which of the five Jews warned by the King of France remained in Lorraine?

5. Who brought Moses to meet with Gluckel, Esther, and Nathan in Book V?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. To whom was Zipporah betrothed and when?

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

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

8. Who are the people in the parable that begins Book IV?

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

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

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