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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. Who is the head of the museum library that is said to have saved the Sarajevo Haggadah during the Bosnian War in the novel?
(a) Jim Bardayal.
(b) Ozren Karaman.
(c) Joseph Kohen.
(d) Yad Vashem.

2. What does Hanna describe as the source of the blue pigment in the panels of the Sarajevo Haggadah?
(a) Indigo.
(b) Squid ink.
(c) Lapis lazuli.
(d) Vinegar.

3. Who is the official UN observer who comes to view the Sarajevo Haggadah in Part I of “Hanna: Sarajevo, Spring 1996”?
(a) Yad Vashem.
(b) Ozren Karaman.
(c) Hamish Sajjan.
(d) Jim Bardayal.

4. What is the name of Stela's son?
(a) Sava.
(b) Ozren.
(c) Alia.
(d) Habib.

5. What makes the Sarajevo Haggadah so rare and unusual?
(a) The statements made in the book go against Jewish law.
(b) The book was created and bound in a way that broke kosher Jewish laws.
(c) Jews believed that illustrations violated God's Commandments at this time.
(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. Who is described as Serif's superior at the museum in “An Insect’s Wing: Sarajevo, 1940"?

2. When was the Sarajevo Haggadah last bound, according to the narrator in “Hanna: Sarajevo, Spring 1996”?

3. How old was Father Giovanni Vistorini when he came to Venice?

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

5. What is the name of Raz's wife?

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