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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Serif's last name in the novel?
(a) Kamal.
(b) Yomtov.
(c) Vashem.
(d) Sajjan.

3. Whose mathematical text is taken out and presented to General Faber at the museum in “An Insect’s Wing: Sarajevo, 1940"?
(a) Elia Mizrahi's.
(b) Yad Vashem's.
(c) Pythagoras's.
(d) Albert Einstein's.

4. What kind of cake is described as Werner's favorite in “Hanna: Vienna, Spring 1996”?
(a) Cherry cheesecake.
(b) Strawberry shortcake.
(c) Sachertorte.
(d) Waves of the Danube cake.

5. Around what two things is life organized in Serif's home?
(a) Sewing and learning.
(b) Food and entertainment.
(c) Prayer and sleeping.
(d) Prayer and learning.

6. What does Hanna describe the parchments of the Sarajevo Haggadah having been made of in her assessment of them?
(a) Goatskin from northern Africa.
(b) A Spanish mountain sheep.
(c) An Italian type of ancient cow.
(d) A Spanish goat.

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

8. Where did Hanna earn her PhD?
(a) Princeton University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Rutgers University.
(d) Brown University.

9. When was the Sarajevo Haggadah last bound, according to the narrator in “Hanna: Sarajevo, Spring 1996”?
(a) The 1850s.
(b) The 1780s.
(c) The 1910s.
(d) The 1890s.

10. In what area did Hanna earn her PhD?
(a) American History.
(b) Fine art conservation.
(c) Archeology.
(d) Ancient Near Eastern languages.

11. In what neighborhood do Karaman and Hanna go to dinner in Part III of “Hanna: Sarajevo, Spring 1996”?
(a) Long Shore.
(b) SoHo.
(c) New City.
(d) Old City.

12. What building does Lola make her way to in Sarajevo that her father once worked in, in “An Insect’s Wing: Sarajevo, 1940"?
(a) The finance ministry.
(b) The art museum.
(c) The mosque.
(d) The synagogue.

13. What word in the novel refers to an elementary school run by Sephardic Jews?
(a) Ruti.
(b) Vashem.
(c) Maldar.
(d) Kabballah.

14. How old is Dr. Heinrich when Hanna visits him in 1996?
(a) 81.
(b) 76.
(c) 65.
(d) 59.

15. How are the book clasps to the Sarajevo Haggadah described in the report that Hanna reads in the archives in “Hanna: Vienna, Spring 1996”?
(a) "Rusted and worn."
(b) "Cheap and faulty."
(c) "Extraordinarily beautiful."
(d) "Water-damaged and rusted."

Short Answer Questions

1. What organization has Lola just attended a meeting of in “An Insect’s Wing: Sarajevo, 1940"?

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

3. Who sold the Sarajevo Haggadah to the National Museum in Sarajevo?

4. Where was Dr. Heinrich's family killed in a fire-bombing during WWII?

5. 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"?

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