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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. How much money was Elias Cleve worth?
(a) 75,000 Reichsthalers.
(b) 100,000 Reichsthalers.
(c) 200,000 Reichsthalers.
(d) 50,000 Reichsthalers.

2. Where did Gluckel and Chayim go to see his parents in Book IV?
(a) Hanover.
(b) Hildesheim.
(c) Hameln.
(d) Berlin.

3. Who died while Gluckel was in Metz in Book VII?
(a) Moshe.
(b) Hannah.
(c) Abraham.
(d) Samuel.

4. From whom did Gluckel hear that Loeb was good in his business practices in Book V?
(a) Hirz Levy.
(b) Abraham Levy.
(c) Samuel Hirsch.
(d) Hirschel Ries.

5. With whom did the King of France grow bitter in Book VII?
(a) The Kaiser.
(b) The King of Prussia.
(c) The Dictator of Russia.
(d) The King of England.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the chest full of that Gluckel's second husband showed her after their marriage?

3. Which brother of Chayim's came to pray for him after he was injured from falling in Book V?

4. What was the dowry agreed upon for Zipporah?

5. Who was expelled from Helmstadt for being a Jew in Book IV?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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