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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. For how long did the Talmud instructor agree to teach and board Joseph in Book V?

2. Who proposed to Esther, Gluckel's daughter?

3. What was the agreed dowry for Elias' betrothal?

4. Who brokered the marriage of Zipporah?

5. How much money did Joseph Hameln have when Chayim and Gluckel visited in Book IV?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the people in the parable that begins Book IV?

2. What arrangements were made for Zipporah's wedding? Where was the wedding?

3. What money did Gluckel receive after Levy's death? How were her finances in her final years?

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

5. What story does Gluckel tell of Abraham Metz?

6. What led up to Levy's holding an auction in Book VII? How did Gluckel deal with the situation?

7. How did Gluckel resolve the issues with Esther's betrothal?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the story that Gluckel tells of Mordecai. How was he related to the family? How did he die?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the voice and tense of the narrative. What are difference instances where Gluckel changed tense or voice and why? Define the terms in your answer.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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