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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 language were the diaries originally written?

2. Gluckel's first husband came from a family of how many children?

3. From whom did Gluckel receive secular education?

4. Who wrote the introduction to the book?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What value did jewels hold in the 17th Century? How did this affect Chayim's business?

2. Where did Gluckel travel and why, according to the Introduction?

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

4. Who was Judah Berlin? How is he introduced in Book III?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Who was Lob Pinkerle? Describe this individual.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the process of betrothal and marriage in 17th Century Jewish society. What legalities were involved?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Gluckel's use of parable in her memoirs. What is a parable and what examples are there in the text? What is the moral of each?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Gluckel's early life (through the age of ten). Where did she receive secular and religious education? Where did she live?

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