People of the Book Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Geraldine Brooks
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 114 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

People of the Book Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Geraldine Brooks
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Hanna: Sarajevo, Spring 1996” – “An Insect’s Wing: Sarajevo, 1940”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes the Sarajevo Haggadah so rare and unusual?
(a) The book was created and bound in a way that broke kosher Jewish laws.
(b) Jews believed that illustrations violated God's Commandments at this time.
(c) The statements made in the book go against Jewish law.
(d) The style of the artistry in the book did not appear for over a hundred years later than it is dated.

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

3. What organization has Lola just attended a meeting of in “An Insect’s Wing: Sarajevo, 1940"?
(a) The French Resistance.
(b) The Young Guardians.
(c) The Black Riders.
(d) The White Underground.

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

5. In what subjects did Hanna earn double-honors degrees in college?
(a) Archeology and Art Preservation.
(b) History and ancient Near Eastern languages.
(c) Chemistry and ancient Near Eastern languages.
(d) English Literature and Biology.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Hanna spend six months learning how to properly mix wheat paste?

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

3. The word "haggadah" is from the Hebrew root word "hgd" which means what?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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