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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. 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.

2. What does Hanna describe the parchments of the Sarajevo Haggadah having been made of in her assessment of them?
(a) A Spanish mountain sheep.
(b) Goatskin from northern Africa.
(c) A Spanish goat.
(d) An Italian type of ancient cow.

3. What is the focus of the report by the ancient Near-Eastern manuscripts specialist that Hanna reads at the archives in “Hanna: Vienna, Spring 1996”?
(a) It focuses on the book's clasps.
(b) It focuses on the illustrations.
(c) It focuses on the book's binding.
(d) It focuses on the stains in the book.

4. What makes the Sarajevo Haggadah so rare and unusual?
(a) The style of the artistry in the book did not appear for over a hundred years later than it is dated.
(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 book was created and bound in a way that broke kosher Jewish laws.

5. In what subject did Hanna earn her master's degree?
(a) Chemistry.
(b) Ancient Near Eastern languages.
(c) Neuroscience.
(d) History.

Short Answer 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”?

2. When did the Sarajevo seige begin in the Bosnian War?

3. How long is the report by the ancient Near-Eastern manuscripts specialist that Hanna reads at the archives in “Hanna: Vienna, Spring 1996”?

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

5. When did the Hapsburgs annex Bosnia?

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