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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who sold the Sarajevo Haggadah to the National Museum in Sarajevo?
(a) Joseph Kohen.
(b) Jim Bardayal.
(c) Yad Vashem.
(d) Ozren Karaman.

2. How long is the report by the ancient Near-Eastern manuscripts specialist that Hanna reads at the archives in “Hanna: Vienna, Spring 1996”?
(a) 10 pages.
(b) 30 pages.
(c) 5 pages.
(d) 20 pages.

3. What genus of butterfly is the wing from the Sarajevo Haggadah said to be in Hanna's narrative?
(a) Vanessa.
(b) Papilionidae.
(c) Monarch.
(d) Parnassius.

4. Where is Dr. Heinrich's apartment described in “Hanna: Vienna, Spring 1996”?
(a) Dorotheergasse.
(b) Maria-Theresienstrasse.
(c) Schönlaterngasse.
(d) Museumsquartier.

5. What does Hanna describe as the source of the blue pigment in the panels of the Sarajevo Haggadah?
(a) Lapis lazuli.
(b) Vinegar.
(c) Squid ink.
(d) Indigo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Hanna's home?

2. What does the saltwater used at the seder table represent?

3. Who wrote the book My Youth in Vienna that Heinlich reads from to Hanna in “Hanna: Vienna, Spring 1996”?

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

5. In what subject did Hanna earn her master's degree?

Short Essay Questions

1. What actions does Serif Kabal take to save the Sarajevo Haggadah?

2. Who is Razmus Kanaha? How does Hanna know this character?

3. Why has Hanna come to Sarajevo in “Hanna: Sarajevo, Spring 1996”? Who accompanies her? What is Hanna's objective in this chapter?

4. How does Hanna describe her coming to work with Werner Heinrich initially in “Hanna: Vienna, Spring 1996"?

5. What is the Sarajevo Haggadah? When and where was it created? Why is it valued?

6. What notations does Hanna make during her inspection of the Sarajevo Haggadah? What samples does she take?

7. Who is Werner Heinrich and what is his relationship to Hanna?

8. How does the narrative style of the novel change in “An Insect’s Wing: Sarajevo, 1940"? Why do you think the author makes this change?

9. Describe the narrative style established in “Hanna: Sarajevo, Spring 1996.” From whose perspective is this chapter related? Why?

10. Who is Frau Zweig and how is her character introduced in “Hanna: Vienna, Spring 1996"?

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