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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. In what year did Gluckel remarry?

2. Who did Chayim ask to recommend a Talmud scholar to arbitrate for him in Hildesheim?

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

4. How old was Mata when she died?

5. How much was the dowry of Gluckel's sister?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who are the eldest of Chayim's siblings described in Book II?

5. Who was Yenta and to whom was she betrothed?

6. To whom was Gluckel's sister betrothed? What was her father's position on the dowry?

7. What happened after Gluckel's wedding in Book II? What was Gluckel's impression of Hameln?

8. Who were the youngest of Joseph Hameln's children?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the discrimination Jews faced in 17th Century Europe. What was the "Jewish Emancipation" and when did it come?

Essay Topic 2

Who was Sabbatai Zevi? What impact did he have on Gluckel's family and on the Jewish community?

Essay Topic 3

To whom was Gluckel betrothed as a child? How old was she when the betrothal took place? How old was she when she married?

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