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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. 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) "Cheap and faulty."
(b) "Water-damaged and rusted."
(c) "Extraordinarily beautiful."
(d) "Rusted and worn."

2. When does the inscription in the Sarajevo Haggadah suggest that it was surveyed by Giovanni Domenico Vistorini?
(a) 1598.
(b) 1811.
(c) 1609.
(d) 1556.

3. When was Hanna's father invited to create the first Russian language department at the University of New South Wales?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1955.

4. Who is Hanna's former teacher and the leading Hebrew manuscripts specialist in the world?
(a) Jim Bardayal.
(b) Joseph Kohen.
(c) Yad Vashem.
(d) Werner Heinrich.

5. What is the second part of the Talmud called?
(a) The Gemara.
(b) The Mishnah.
(c) The Vedas.
(d) The Torah.

Short Answer Questions

1. What comprises the first part of the Talmud?

2. Who wrote the book My Youth in Vienna that Heinlich reads from to Hanna in “Hanna: Vienna, Spring 1996”?

3. What does the saltwater used at the seder table represent?

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

5. Where was the Sarajevo Haggadah created?

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