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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. The word "haggadah" is from the Hebrew root word "hgd" which means what?
(a) To love.
(b) To listen.
(c) To worship.
(d) To tell.

2. 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) Yad Vashem.
(c) Ozren Karaman.
(d) Joseph Kohen.

3. How does Isak commit suicide in “An Insect’s Wing: Sarajevo, 1940"?
(a) He hangs himself.
(b) He stabs himself.
(c) He shoots himself.
(d) He intentionally drowns in the river.

4. What word in the novel refers to an elementary school run by Sephardic Jews?
(a) Maldar.
(b) Ruti.
(c) Vashem.
(d) Kabballah.

5. Who wrote the report analyzing the Sarajevo Haggadah and describing the binding, that Hanna reads in the archives in “Hanna: Vienna, Spring 1996”?
(a) Dr. Josip Boscovic.
(b) M. Martell.
(c) Werner Heinrich.
(d) J. Branko.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the name of Karaman's wife?

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

4. What organization has Lola just attended a meeting of in “An Insect’s Wing: Sarajevo, 1940"?

5. How does Hanna describe the handwriting in the report by the ancient Near-Eastern manuscripts specialist that Hanna reads at the archives in “Hanna: Vienna, Spring 1996”?

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