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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. Where did Hendele marry?

2. How much money did Gluckel discover she owed after Chayim's death?

3. Where did Samuel's daughter live in Book VII?

4. Of whom did Gluckel write in order to explain that a man can mean well but end in folly, as a parable of her marriage to Levy?

5. Who died while Gluckel was in Metz in Book VII?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Where did Chayim and a group of people contract illness in Book IV? Who was with him?

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

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

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

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

9. What is the moral of the parable that begins Book IV?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Where did Gluckel's wedding take place? Who attended? Describe the location, people, and events.

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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