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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Saltwater: Tarragona, 1492” (continued) – “A White Hair: Seville, 1480”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word in the novel refers to a special type of Jewish prenuptial agreement that is part of the traditional Jewish marriage?
(a) Ganef.
(b) Ketubah.
(c) Chutzpah.
(d) Fleishig.

2. In what language does Serif speak to Stela in “An Insect’s Wing: Sarajevo, 1940"?
(a) French.
(b) Hebrew.
(c) Albanian.
(d) Italian.

3. In what area did Hanna earn her PhD?
(a) American History.
(b) Ancient Near Eastern languages.
(c) Archeology.
(d) Fine art conservation.

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

5. In what year did Pope Sixtus V proclaim a ban on any books by Jews or Saracens that contained anything against the Catholic Church?
(a) 1589.
(b) 1559.
(c) 1601.
(d) 1595.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose mathematical text is taken out and presented to General Faber at the museum in “An Insect’s Wing: Sarajevo, 1940"?

2. From what had Lola sewn her Partisan fatiques?

3. In what year was the queen's confessor, Tomas de Torquemada named Grand Inquisitor of the Holy Inquisition?

4. Where was Hanna's father a professor of Russian language and literature in the U.S.?

5. Where does Raz's wife hold an assistant professorship teaching poetry in "Hanna: Boston, Spring 1996"?

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