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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. To what city does Reyna de Serena say she is going when she leaves Venice in “Wine Stains: Venice, 1609”?
(a) Jerusalem.
(b) Zurich.
(c) Ragusa.
(d) Odessa.

2. What does the saltwater used at the seder table represent?
(a) The worship of the Golden calf.
(b) The parting of the Red Sea.
(c) The tears of the slaves in Egypt.
(d) The fish of the sea.

3. Where was Hanna's father a professor of Russian language and literature in the U.S.?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) New York University.
(c) Yale University.
(d) Boston University.

4. Where was the Sarajevo Haggadah last bound, according to the narrator in “Hanna: Sarajevo, Spring 1996”?
(a) Naples.
(b) Sarajevo.
(c) Venice.
(d) Vienna.

5. Where has Hanna arrived in Part V of “Hanna: Sarajevo, Spring 1996”?
(a) Paris.
(b) Boston.
(c) New York.
(d) Vienna.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is General Faber said to be the commander of in “An Insect’s Wing: Sarajevo, 1940"?

2. How does the narrative style of the novel change in “An Insect’s Wing: Sarajevo, 1940"?

3. Who is the altar boy that lingers after Father Giovanni's Mass in the beginning of “Wine Stains: Venice, 1609”?

4. What is the name of Karaman's child?

5. What does Hanna describe the parchments of the Sarajevo Haggadah having been made of in her assessment of them?

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