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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hanna order for dinner when she goes out with Karaman in “Hanna: Sarajevo, Spring 1996”?
(a) Steak tartare.
(b) Cevapcici.
(c) Beef curry.
(d) Chicken kebabs.

2. What does Lola pretend to be in order to stay with Serif and Stela?
(a) Serif's niece.
(b) Stela's cousin.
(c) A maid.
(d) Stela's sister.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What river is described in the opening of “An Insect’s Wing: Sarajevo, 1940"?

2. How are the book clasps to the Sarajevo Haggadah described in the report that Hanna reads in the archives in “Hanna: Vienna, Spring 1996”?

3. On what day of the week is the Muslim Sabbath?

4. Who is the chief archivist at the Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the setting of Vienna described in Part V of “Hanna: Sarajevo, Spring 1996”? Why does Hanna go there?

2. How is the setting of Sarajevo described in 1996 in the novel? How is Bosnia's recent history described?

3. What information does Frau Zweig relate about Mittl in "Hanna: Vienna, Spring 1996"?

4. What actions does Serif Kabal take to save the Sarajevo Haggadah?

5. What causes Hanna the guilt that she feels regarding Ozren in “Hanna: Vienna, Spring 1996"?

6. Who is Werner Heinrich and what is his relationship to Hanna?

7. Why has Hanna come to Sarajevo in “Hanna: Sarajevo, Spring 1996”? Who accompanies her? What is Hanna's objective in this chapter?

8. Describe the narrative style established in “Hanna: Sarajevo, Spring 1996.” From whose perspective is this chapter related? Why?

9. How would you describe the relationship between Hanna and her mother?

10. Who is Franz Hirschfeldt? How is his character described in “Feathers and a Rose: Vienna, 1894"?

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