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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. How many wedding guests traveled to Gluckel's wedding in addition to Gluckel's parents?

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

3. What did Mordecai decide to trade in Germany?

4. Under whose arm did Gluckel find a sore that was thought to be the plague?

5. Who was Gluckel's maternal grandfather?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who attended Gluckel's wedding? How were they transported?

2. Why did Gluckel's family leave Hamburg when she was young?

3. What were the living conditions like when Gluckel's family returned to Hamburg?

4. Who was Sabbatai Zevi? What impact did he have on the Jews?

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

6. What advice did Gluckel leave to her readers in Book I?

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

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

9. Where did Gluckel stay after her wedding in Book II?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the dangers of travel and trade that Chayim and his family faced in the 17th Century. What different incidents are referred to in the book where Chayim or others faced danger while conducting business?

Essay Topic 3

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

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