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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who traveled to England but stopped to prosper in Amsterdam in Book III?

2. Where was Gluckel's sister's fiance from?

3. What did Gluckel's father trade?

4. With whom did Gluckel's family form a partnership only to dissolve it a year later because he did not put up the money agreed upon?

5. In her introduction to her memoirs, Gluckel wrote that it was what year?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the families in Altona like? When and why did Gluckel's family return to Hamburg?

2. When was the plague rumored to be spreading? What did Gluckel's family do?

3. What examples did Gluckel give of her father taking in others into his home?

4. What dangerous situation did Chayim encounter while in business in Book III? How did this lead to business with Judah?

5. What did Gluckel write of "preaching" in Book I? Did she?

6. Whom did Chayim send an escort for Gluckel in Book III?

7. What reasons does the Introduction give for Gluckel writing the memoirs?

8. Where did Jacob stop along the route in Book III?

9. What does the Introduction say about the value of The Memoirs of Gluckel of Hameln as a historical artifact?

10. What plague scare happened in Gluckel's family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe how the Jewish faith played a role in Gluckel's life. What customs and rituals would have affected Gluckel's everyday existence?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the different causes of premature death in 17th Century Europe. How did many of Gluckel's family die?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Chayim Hameln with Hirz Levy. How did the men compare financially? How were they as husbands and fathers?

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