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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of surgery does Hanna's mother undergo after the car accident in "Hanna: Boston, Spring 1996"?
(a) A back surgery.
(b) A splenectomy.
(c) Neurosurgery.
(d) A hysterectomy.

2. What was the name of Hanna's father?
(a) Dr. Josip Boscovic.
(b) Arthur Schnitzler.
(c) Werner Heinrich.
(d) Aaron Sharansky.

3. Who was the renowned Torah sage and the court's financial advisor that made a case for the Jews with the monarchs in "Saltwater: Tarragona, 1492"?
(a) Joseph Kohen.
(b) Arthur Schnitzler.
(c) Isaac Abravanel.
(d) Jim Bardayal.

4. When he presents the Sarajevo Haggadah to Giovanni, Judah Aryeh claims he obtained the book by what means?
(a) By buying it from an artist.
(b) By winning a game of chess.
(c) By inheriting it from his grandfather.
(d) By making it himself.

5. What is the name of Zahra's father?
(a) Hamish Sajjan.
(b) Ibraham al-Tarek.
(c) Yad Vashem.
(d) Ozren Karaman.

6. Where was Hanna's father a professor of Russian language and literature in the U.S.?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) New York University.
(c) Boston University.
(d) Yale University.

7. What Jewish sin is considered Judah Aryeh's greatest weakness in the novel?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Homosexuality.
(c) Infidelity.
(d) Gluttony.

8. Who is the doctor that calls Hanna to inform her that her mother is hospitalized in "Hanna: Boston, Spring 1996"?
(a) Dr. Keith Lowery.
(b) Dr. Max Friosole.
(c) Dr. Werner Heinrich.
(d) Dr. Josip Boscovic.

9. What image appears on the clasp to the Sarajevo Haggadah?
(a) Stars.
(b) Wings.
(c) Hearts.
(d) Circles.

10. To what city does Reyna de Serena say she is going when she leaves Venice in “Wine Stains: Venice, 1609”?
(a) Jerusalem.
(b) Odessa.
(c) Ragusa.
(d) Zurich.

11. What does Hanna learn when she finally reaches Ozren's apartment on the phone in "Hanna: London, Spring 1996"?
(a) She learns her mother has died.
(b) She learns that Alia has died.
(c) She learns the Sarajevo Haggadah has been stolen.
(d) She learns the Sarajevo Haggadah has been destroyed by bombing.

12. How old was Hanna's father when he died?
(a) 26.
(b) 32.
(c) 39.
(d) 28.

13. What was the group of Jews called that arrived in Venice from Egypt and Syria?
(a) The Levantinis.
(b) The Ponentini.
(c) The Galicia.
(d) The Hietzings.

14. What pope had claimed, "I am pope everywhere except in Venice," according to the narrator in “Wine Stains: Venice, 1609”?
(a) Pope Benedict XVI.
(b) Pope John XXIII.
(c) Pope Pius XI.
(d) Pope Gregory XIII.

15. Whom does Reuben claim gave him the objects of Jewish worship under torture?
(a) Ruti.
(b) David.
(c) Rosa.
(d) Joseph.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Judah Aryeh's wife?

2. Where does Rosa go to hide after watching the bailiff take away her parents?

3. In what year did Pope Sixtus V proclaim a ban on any books by Jews or Saracens that contained anything against the Catholic Church?

4. Who were the first Jews to settle in Venice in 1516?

5. From what animal is the hair that was found on the Sarajevo Haggadah, according to the analyst?

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