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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 years were Chayim and Gluckel married?

2. When was Elias betrothed?

3. In Book VI, all of Gluckel's children had married except for Moses and who?

4. How old was Gluckel when she married her second husband?

5. For how long did Gluckel avoid remarrying?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who died following Gluckel's wedding in Book VII? Who was his widow?

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

3. What did Rabbi Samuel Levy do against his father's wishes in Book VII?

4. What financial arrangements were made before the marriage of Gluckel to Levy? What was Gluckel's impression of Levy?

5. To whom was Zipporah betrothed and when?

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

7. Why were Levy's children unable to help him during the crash?

8. Where did Gluckel's son Joseph want to study? What happened?

9. What are some of the reasons Gluckel considers remarriage in Book VI?

10. When was Chayim buried? What state of mind was Gluckel in following his death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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 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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