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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what subjects did Hanna earn double-honors degrees in college?
(a) Chemistry and ancient Near Eastern languages.
(b) Archeology and Art Preservation.
(c) English Literature and Biology.
(d) History and ancient Near Eastern languages.

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

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

5. When does the inscription in the Sarajevo Haggadah suggest that it was surveyed by Giovanni Domenico Vistorini?
(a) 1556.
(b) 1598.
(c) 1811.
(d) 1609.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hanna's mother's profession?

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

3. Who calls Hanna to tell her that the Sarajevo Haggadah has shown up in “Hanna: Sarajevo, Spring 1996”?

4. Who sold the Sarajevo Haggadah to the National Museum in Sarajevo?

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

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