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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Wine Stains: Venice, 1609” – “Saltwater: Tarragona, 1492”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The word "haggadah" is from the Hebrew root word "hgd" which means what?
(a) To worship.
(b) To listen.
(c) To love.
(d) To tell.

2. Where was Dr. Heinrich's family killed in a fire-bombing during WWII?
(a) Zurich.
(b) London.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Dresden.

3. What happens to Isak's foot in “An Insect’s Wing: Sarajevo, 1940"?
(a) It becomes afflicted by frostbite.
(b) It is blown off by a land mine.
(c) It is shot by a soldier.
(d) It is severed by machinery.

4. What was the group of Jews called that arrived in Venice from Egypt and Syria?
(a) The Galicia.
(b) The Ponentini.
(c) The Hietzings.
(d) The Levantinis.

5. What is Amalie Sutter's profession?
(a) She is an art historian.
(b) She is a entomologist.
(c) She is a forensics specialist.
(d) She is an archeologist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Serif tells Stela that he has arranged for Lola to go with a friend of his where due to the danger of sheltering a Jew in “An Insect’s Wing: Sarajevo, 1940"?

2. Who was the ancient Near-Eastern manuscripts specialist whose report Hanna reads at the archives in “Hanna: Vienna, Spring 1996”?

3. When does the inscription in the Sarajevo Haggadah suggest that it was surveyed by Giovanni Domenico Vistorini?

4. What game do Judah Aryeh and Father Vistorini play regarding the censorship of the Sarajevo Haggadah?

5. In what year did Pope Sixtus V proclaim a ban on any books by Jews or Saracens that contained anything against the Catholic Church?

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