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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 was Gluckel betrothed to her second husband?

2. What was the dowry agreed upon for Zipporah?

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

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

5. Who was Elias' mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Gluckel hear of Levy's availability? Whom did she consult?

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

5. Where did Gluckel's family go for New Year's in Book IV? What did they discover about security there?

6. To whom was Zipporah betrothed and when?

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

8. How did Gluckel work through her debts following Chayim's death? Whom did she ask for help?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the incident where Gluckel's child was quarantined for the plague. Where did this take place and when? Who was involved?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the value of money within 17th Century Jewish society. What is Gluckel's preoccupation with money driven by?

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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