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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 mosque.
(b) The art museum.
(c) The finance ministry.
(d) The synagogue.

2. What is the name of Karaman's child?
(a) Alia.
(b) Branko.
(c) Ozren.
(d) Hamish.

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

4. When was the Sarajevo Haggadah sold to the National Museum in Sarajevo?
(a) 1881.
(b) 1894.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1911.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the abbreviation K.u.K. stand for in “Hanna: Vienna, Spring 1996”?

2. What does Hanna describe as the source of the yellow pigment in the illustrations of the Sarajevo Haggadah?

3. Who is Hanna's former teacher and the leading Hebrew manuscripts specialist in the world?

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

5. How does Isak commit suicide in “An Insect’s Wing: Sarajevo, 1940"?

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